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  • Collection: Bridgens' West India Scenery

Negro Dance

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A drawing of a negro dance on a plantation, with the plantation house in the background. It may almost be said that Negro recreation is comprised in the word dancing. Parties to enjoy this favourite amusement are on the larger estates and on grand…

Interior of a boiling house

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The interior of a boiling house showing enslaved African men using very long ladles to tend to the sugar being boiled while being supervised by a white overseer. To the left of the room are two trays of processed sugar while to the rear in a…

Field Negro, sugar cane in background

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The field negro is represented with the implements employed in the cultivation of the sugar cane. The hoe is used to prepare the holes for the cane cuttings, and afterwards to remove the weeds which might injure the growth of the young plants. The…

Cutting canes

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Weeding the young canes succeeds planting when the cane is about twenty inches in height. Cutting canes, in general, commences in January in which the Negro seizes the cane by the top and cuts off the upper joints to plant for the next crop; he then…

Carting canes to the mill

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From the field the canes are immediately carried in carts drawn by mules or oxen to the mill.