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Negres au travail [graphic].
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Contributor
De Sainson, M. M.
Title
Negres au travail [graphic].
Title
Blacks at work
Publisher
[Paris: s.n]
Publisher
FRANCE. Paris. 1836
Date
[1836]
Physical Description
1 print: engraving; image 10 x 12 cm. (4 x 4.5 in)
Description
Engraving accompanies Chapter IV, "Haiti.- Géographie. - Histoire." Under the supervision of two overseers with whips, approximately thirty slaves dig a trench that may be used to irrigate sugar cane fields. Swinging sharp hoes, the slaves stand in a line that stretches far into the background.
Is part of
Voyage pittoresque dans le deux Ameriques. Paris: Chez L. Tenr'e, libraire-éditeur, rue de Paon, 1, et chez Henri Dupuy, rue de la Monnaie, 11., 1836.
Notes
Plate in Voyage pittoresque dans le deux Ameriques (A Paris : Chez L. Tenr'e, libraire-éditeur, rue de Paon, 1; et chez Henri Dupuy, rue de la Monnaie, 11., M DCCC XXXVI. [1836]), p. 22.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Work Scenes.
Subject
Slave labor -- Haiti.
Geographic subject
Haiti -- Pictorial works -- 19th century.
Genre
Engravings -- 1830-1840.
Book illustrations -- 1830-1840.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1836 Orbi 6335.F p 22
Accession number
6335.F
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