'O my great massa in heaven, Pity me, and bless my children.'

An engraving depicting an African woman with her hands clasped and raised in prayer. In the background a slave-driver pulls a child towards a waiting sailing vessel. Beneath the image is the caption: 'O my great massa in heaven,/Pity me, and bless my children'.

The page has been cut from a book.

Object Details

ID: ZBA2585
Collection: Special collections
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Date made: circa 1800
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Measurements: Sheet: 262 mm x 210 mm; Image: 101 mm x 161 mm
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