3710036 Cuffee Dancing for Eels ??Catharine Market (Life in New York), 1857 (colour lithograph) by Currier, N. (1813-88) and Ives, J.M. (1824-95); 32.7 ? 41.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Paul Cuffee or Cuffe (1759-1817) son of a freed slave, was a Quaker businessman, sea captain, patriot and abolitionist who helped colonize Sierra Leone Dancing for eels was a dance competition activity practiced during the 19th century by African-Americans at the market in Catherine Street and Catherine Slip in New York City. ).