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African slaves harvesting cotton bolls, removing the seeds by machine, while an overseer with musket and whip drives a horse laden with raw cotton. West Indies, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Nasi from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1842.

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African slaves harvesting cotton bolls, removing the seeds by machine, while an overseer with musket and whip drives a horse laden with raw cotton. West Indies, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Nasi from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1842.

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6276 x 4678 px | 84.0 MB

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53.1 x 39.6 cm | 20.9 x 15.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

AFRICA • AFRICAN • ANTHROPOLOGY • BOLL • COPPERPLATE • COSTUMES ANTIQUE AND MODERN OF ALL PEOPLES • COTTON • CUSTOMS • CUTLASS • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • EQUUS CABALLUS • ETCHING • ETIQUETTE • FOREMAN • GIULIO FERRRARIO • GUARD • HANDCOLOURED • HARVEST • HORSE • MACHINE • MANNERS • MUSKET • NASI • NATION • OVERSEER • PRINT • RACE • RIDING: WHIP • SEED • SENTINEL • SLAVERY • SLAVES • SOUTH AMERICA • SUDAMERICA • TRIBE • WARDER • WATCHMAN • WEST INDIES • WHIP