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- Collection: Bridgens' West India Scenery
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Carting canes to the mill
From the field the canes are immediately carried in carts drawn by mules or oxen to the mill.
Cutting canes
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…
Field Negro, sugar cane in background
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…
Interior of a boiling house
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…
Negro Dance
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…
Negro mode of nursing
Drawing of a woman carrying her infant child in one hand while holding a thermos in the other. There are two huts behind her and a few banana and coconut trees in the background.The manner of carrying their children astride on the hip is believed to…
Planting sugar canes
An illustration of enslaved men and women planting sugar cane from Richard Bridgen's book 'West Indian Scenery'. The land is being cleared, the field is formed into beds and, as is termed, round ridged and lined off with a chain for the cane holes,…
Sunday Morning in the Country (2)
An illustration of a man and woman conversing in the country on a Sunday morning. The man is holding a tattered umbrella, is barefooted and holding a pair of shoes in his hands. The woman has a wooden carton with various animals and produce on her…
Sunday Morning in Town
Illustration of a man and woman, both with umbrellas in hand, standing by a wall. A servant stands beside them and is carrying a chair on his head with a bible on it. Here indeed, dress not having yet become a science, the most laughable…
Sunday Morning in the Country
An illustration of a man and woman conversing in the country on a Sunday morning. The man is holding a tattered umbrella, is barefooted and holding a pair of shoes in his hands. The woman has a wooden carton with various animals and produce on her…
