Image Title:
John Kimber, Captain of the Slave Ship the Recovery

Note:
He was "was the captain of a British slave ship who was tried for murder in 1792, after the abolitionist William Wilberforce accused him of killing a female slave due to mistreating her on board his ship. Kimber was acquitted, but the trial gained much attention in the press. The case established that slave ships' crew could be tried for murder of slaves." Read More, also see PortCities Bristol and here at Archive.org

Artist:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?

Source:
Library of Congress

Subject:
Slavery - Human Trafficking - Slave Ship - European Slavers - Murder - Torture

Date:
1792

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-SLVSHIPS-31

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