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., 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.
Date
[1836]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1836 Orbi 6335.F p 22, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2747
