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Barracoons at Macao

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Image ID

807746


Item data

Title

Barracoons at Macao

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
Slavery

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1864

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC SLAVE

Subjects

Barracks -- China -- Macau -- 1800-1899
Contract laborers -- Chinese -- 1800-1899
Slave trade -- China -- Macau -- 1800-1899

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Written on border: "June 1864." "Barracoons or barracks for collecting coolie slave labor for shipment to Chincha Guano Islands of Peru."
Source Note: Harper's magazine. (New York : Harper Brothers, 1850-).

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 10 x 14 cm. (4 x 5 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17594454
Barcode: 33333159334354
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 55403460-c563-012f-e44d-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1864

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Barracoons at Macao" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1864. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/55403460-c563-012f-e44d-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1864). Barracoons at Macao Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/55403460-c563-012f-e44d-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Barracoons at Macao" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/55403460-c563-012f-e44d-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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