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An artist's impression of the activities involved in the manual production of sugar using an outdoor mill operated by oxen. The slaves are putting the sugarcane into the mill, the juice then goes into the cauldrons at the side to be boiled. Men can…

The Spirit of Trinidad - folklore series No. 2. La Diablesse, legendary Trinidad character

14" x 10 1/2".

Extract from Trinidad Sunday Guardian, August 4, 1957

Photograph of an organiser with the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU), L.W. Rose.

"Police Commissioner Basil Robinson (centre) presenting the Baton of Honour to Assistant Superintendent L.G. Campbell who recently completed a twenty-week Police Officers' General Course at the Metropolitan Police Training School, Hendon, London. Mr.…

Marcus Garvey (right), with George O. Marke (left) and Prince Kojo Tovalou - Houenon of Dahomey in Harlem, New York, 1924.

"$2.2m German loan: Finance Minister David Coore puts his signature on the line for Jamaica at Vale Royal yesterday, when the Jamaica Development Bank was assured of a $2.2-million load from the Federal Republic of Germany. Parliamentary Secretary…

Kumina practitioners during a ceremony.

Queenie, the Kumina Queen, pose for a picture in front of a small ramshackled wooden building.

Photograph showing a small group performing the Kumina dance in Manhioneal, Portland. A much larger group of spectators look on.

"KSAC Public Sanitary Convenience at Golden Spring which has a defective pit. At left is point where pit water surfaces, and flows further left where woman stands."