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Negro hut 1890s

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Man, woman and child in front of a thatched hut.

Sir Anthony Michael Coll, KNT, Chief Justice of Jamaica

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A half-length portrait of Sir Anthony Michael Coll, Chief Justice of Jamaica.

Cutting bananas in Jamaica

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Men on a banana plantation are cutting bananas and loading some on a donkey. A white overseer is supervising them.

Coffee

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A man and a donkey look on while another man assisted by a woman pours coffee from a basket into a plastic box. A heap of coffee is on the ground.

Woman preparing coffee

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A woman sits in front of a coffee mill and remove unwanted particles from the coffee beans before grinding them. A basketful of coffee is beside the mill.

Native cane mill

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Two men feed sugarcane into a native sugarcane mill while women with bundles of sugarcane on their heads wait their turn to offload. A horse is waiting to turn the mill.

Lunching in the Canefield

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Workers on a sugar plantation take a break to have a lunch of sugarcane while the plantation overseer looks on.

Domestics with yams and coconut

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Labourers showing off their produce of yams, bananas and coconuts reaped from their gardens.

Female banana carriers

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Female banana carriers pose for a photograph with bunches of bananas - some on their heads.

Banana plantation

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Labourers on a banana plantation.