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![[Slavery] [Thomas Clarkson], Plan and Sections of a Slave Ship [and on right:] Description of a Slave-Ship., 1789. London. James Phillips in George Yard, Lombard Street.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
[Slavery] [Thomas Clarkson]
Plan and Sections of a Slave Ship [and on right:] Description of a Slave-Ship., 1789. London. James Phillips in George Yard, Lombard Street.“Plan and Sections of a Slave Ship”, by Thomas Clarkson and the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
One of the most powerful broadsides in Anglo-American history, exceedingly influential, exploiting both text and image to demonstrate the barbarity of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. A rare and striking display piece, albeit deeply disturbing.
Large, illustrated broadside, 711 x 533 mm, on laid paper, edges untrimmed. Light toning, soiling, and staining, a bit of wear along right edge of plate mark and at edges, and a trace of mat burn. The broadside shows on the left a copperplate engraving of 7 “plans and sections” of the Brooks of Liverpool, 520 x 381 mm; on the right side a title in display type surmounting a horizontal rule and two columns of letterpress, with 4 corrections in ink.
![[Slavery] [Thomas Clarkson], Plan and Sections of a Slave Ship [and on right:] Description of a Slave-Ship., 1789. London. James Phillips in George Yard, Lombard Street.](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_1600,h_1600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/hsrarebooks/images/view/77074a3307bd331531ce6ec03d9e74f8j/hsrarebooks-slavery-thomas-clarkson-plan-and-sections-of-a-slave-ship-and-on-right-description-of-a-slave-ship.-1789.-london.-james-phillips-in-george-yard-lombard-street..jpg)
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