Slaves on the deck of the captured slaveship "Wildfire," April 1860

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Depicted ContentU.S. Navy delivers captured American slave ship with 507 African slaves aboard to Key West, Florida

Depicted ContentU.S. Navy captures American slave ship off the coast of Cuba with 507 African slaves aboard

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The Africans of the slave bark "Wildfire"--The slave deck of the bark "Wildfire," brought into Key West on April 30, 1860

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Image first appeared in Harper's Weekly Magazine, June 2, 1860, p. 344.

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