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10.23: Turner, Slave Ship

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    Lori Landay and Beth Harris provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of William Turner’s Slave Ship.

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    Joseph Mallord William Turner, Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On), 1840 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).

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