Slaves in a slave ship, lithograph, 1835, by Johann Moritz Rugendas, Godefroy Engelmann and Deroi, from Picturesque Journey to Brazil, published by Engelmann in 1835, in the Musee du Nouveau Monde, or New World Museum, opened 1982 in the Hotel Fleuriau, an 18th century mansion home to merchant Aime-Benjamin Fleuriau, 1707-1877, in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The museum explores links between France and the Americas, including the slave trade. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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