The Portuguese Slaver Diligenté Captured By H.M. Sloop Pearl With 600 Slaves On Board

The Portuguese slaver Diligenté captured by H.M. Sloop Pearl with 600 slaves on board, taken in charge to Nassau, May 1838. The slave ship Diligente was engaged in the illegal slave trade when it was seized in 1838. A lieutenant in the British Royal Navy painted this scene from the ship. He captured the trauma of the Middle Passage in images of malnutrition and overcrowding.;Source: Nancy Bercaw, Curator, Slavery and Freedom. Artist Henry Samuel Hawker. (Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images)