A Signare or woman slave trader of St. Louis, Senegal, 18th century. Signar were mulatto French-African creole women famous for their fashion and culture. A Signara, or Woman of Colour of St. Louis. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves LAfrique, Paris, 1814. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: Africa, A description of the manners and customs Moors of the Sahara and of the Negro Nations, R. Ackermann, England, 1821.
A Signare or woman slave trader of St. Louis, Senegal, 18th century. Signar were mulatto French-African creole women famous for their fashion and culture. A Signara, or Woman of Colour of St. Louis. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves LAfrique, Paris, 1814. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: Africa, A description of the manners and customs Moors of the Sahara and of the Negro Nations, R. Ackermann, England, 1821.