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"Greetings from Ja." - Cane River Falls, Ja. (A. Duperly and sons)
Large rocks surrounding the waterfalls at Cane River in Bull Bay (St. Thomas). A young man leans against one of the boulders.
School children having lunch
Students from Rosseau Primary School stand while having a meal in a classroom.
Montego Bay, Jamaica
View of boats in the harbour by the city of Montego Bay, St. James. There are a few houses and coastal plants by the coastline and the mountainous region can be seen in the background.
John Canoe character
A man, dressed in costume for the John Canoe festival, balancing on two sticks.
Villagers merry-making in the island of St. Vincent with dancers and musicians, a landscape with huts on a hill ca. 1775
Painting of villagers from St. Vincent dancing and making music. Also shown are huts to the left and the hillside in the background.
A cudgelling match between English and French negroes in the island of Dominica ca. 1779
Men from two groups of black men - English and French - fight with sticks during a cudgelling match in Dominica. A man acting as 'referee' as well as two female bystanders are also captured.
Chatoyer the chief of the black Charoibes in St. Vincent with his wives ca. 1773
Chief of the indigenous Black Caribs of St. Vincent, Chatoyer, with his two wives. One of the wives is walking with a load on her back while the other is standing by Chatoyer smoking tobacco with a sword in one hand.
West India washer woman ca. 1779
Four West Indian washerwomen - one a mulatta - washing in the river. A child is among the women who are covered from the waist down in cloths and wearing wraps on their heads.
