La Figure des Moulins
Title
La Figure des Moulins
Description
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 be seen tending to the huge cauldrons and the quality of the sugar is being tested by others.
Subject
Mills; Sugar; Sugarcane; Sugar plantations; Slaves; Cauldrons; Containers
Source
NLJ Print Collection
Identifier
D0003424
Format
JPEG
Type
Print
Citation
“La Figure des Moulins,” National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection , accessed December 26, 2024, https://nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm/items/show/1653.