The deck of a slave-ship showing the stern, the lower part of a mast and sail. A girl is suspended by an ankle from a rope held over a pulley by a sailor (right), who hauls at it, leaning back, and saying, "dam me if i like it i have a good mind to let go". Two other sailors on the extreme right walk away, saying, "my eyes jack our girles at wapping are never flogged for their modesty," and, "by g-d that's too bad if he had taken her to bed to him it would be well enough, split me i'm allmost sick of this black business. " the captain (kimber) stands on the left looking at the spectator with a grinning leer, his hands to his chest as if laughing; in his right hand is a whip. Two scourges lie on the deck. In the background three naked slaves are sitting. Beneath the title is etched: 'or the inhumanity of dealers in human flesh exemplified in captn kimber's treatment of a young negro girl of 15 for her virjen modesty. ' 10 april 1792. Hand-coloured etching. Date: 1792. Dimensions: Height: 250 mm; Width: 350 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: John Kimber. Collection: British Museum. The abolition of the slave trade (BM 1868,0808.6179)
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