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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…

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…

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…

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…

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

A view of the Whitney Estate located in Clarendon. This was the property of Viscount Dudley and Ward and was situated on the great interior road which connected St. Elizabeth with St. Dorothy's, at the distance of about thirty-five miles from Spanish…

Print showing a part of the Holland Estate in St. Thomas in the East. This was the property of George Watson Taylor, Esq. M.P. and occupied a very great portion of the eastermost extremity of the valley of Plantain Garden River. This view presents…

Montpelier Estate, property of C.R. Ellis Esq. In this view, the first building on the left is the barracks or residence of the book-keepers; the next the overseer's house and offices; on the knoll is the hospital; below is the cattle-mill, and next…

This estate was situated westward of St. Ann's Bay and was the usual residence of John Blagrove, Esq., when in Jamaica. This view is taken from the great interior road, and represents the Pimento Grove at the south entrance of the house. On the right…

View of Spring Garden Estate located in the parish of St. George (now divided between St. Mary and Portland). This estate was one of the properties of John Rock Grosett, Esq., M.P. This plantation is contiguous to the sea-shore, and adjoins the left…