Pity me and bless my children'. A female slave desperately clasps her hands in prayer as a child slave is led away to a European slave ship moored on the coast. A printed caption beneath the image reads: 'O my great massa in heaven, Pity me and bless my Children'. Caribbean, circa 1820., Caribbean, North America .
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Pity me and bless my children'. A female slave desperately clasps her hands in prayer as a child slave is led away to a European slave ship moored on the coast. A printed caption beneath the image reads: 'O my great massa in heaven, Pity me and bless my Children'. Caribbean, circa 1820., Caribbean, North America .

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People Female Vessel Ship Sailing ship Coastline Plantation Pleading Praying Labour Women's Labour Slavery and forced labour Movement of people Slavery Landscape and scenery Marine and coastal Agriculture land use and plants Plantations Labour Agricultural and rural Education health and welfare Poverty and hardship Caribbean North America

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