A view of Bassa Cove (in Liberia.) [graphic]
Item
Creator
McDowall, Robert, artist
Title
A view of Bassa Cove (in Liberia.) [graphic]
Description
View "from a drawing made on the spot by Dr. Robert McDowall" of a village scene in Liberia, the African American colony established by the American Colonization Society in 1822. Also used as the illustration of a membership certificate of the Pennsylvania Colonization Society. Depicts three bare-chested blacks at the West African cove across from the small village. People and cattle stroll the grounds. Established in 1816, the controversial American Colonization Society promoted black American emigration to resolve the problem of race inequality, and to dissolve the institution of slavery. Copies of the print were on view for sale at the colonization society office for over a decade. McDowall was a black physician sent by the society to provide medical care at the colony.
Date
[ca. 1836)
Source
Advertised in Colonization Herald, June 17, 1837, vol. III, no. 54, p. 214 and later issues.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Contributor
Rogers, Tammy
Bibliographic Citation
A view of Bassa Cove (in Liberia.). [ca. 1836]. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A129373. (Accessed July 11, 2021.)