Sujet

Clearing Away the Weeds

Légende

Clearing Away the Weeds. 'Then we in gangs, like beasts in droves,/Swift to the cane fields driven are;/There first our toil the weeds remove,/And next we holes for plants prepare.' From Ameilia Opie "The Black Man's Lament; or How to Make Sugar", London, 1826.

Date

1826

Crédit

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Notre référence

ARP09A00_445

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,5Mo (3,3Mo) / 39,0cm x 32,4cm / 4607 x 3832 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Slavery Slave Slave master Slave labour Whip Exploitation Abolition Agriculture Sugar Britain Nineteenth century 19th century