Bed-stocks for intoxication
Title
Bed-stocks for intoxication
Description
Enslaved Africans from Trinidad with their feet clamped between bed-stocks as punishment for being intoxicated.
Subject
Trinidadians - Punishment & torture - Trinidad - 1830-1840; Stocks (Punishment) - Trinidad - 1830-1840; Intoxication - Trinidad - 1830-1840; Beds - Trinidad - 1830-1840; Sleeping - Trinidad - 1830-1840; Slavery
Creator
Richard Bridgens
Date
1836
Source
NLJ Print Collection: P/580 from West India scenery with illustrations of Negro character, the process of making sugar, &c. from sketches taken during a voyage to, and residence of seven years in, the island of Trinidad. London, R. Jennings, 1836, plate 17.
Identifier
D0005914
Rights
Permission to reproduce this image must be obtained from the National Library of Jamaica.
Format
JPEG
Type
Print
Publisher
London : Ducôté & Stephens Lithography 70 St. Martins Lane
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Citation
Richard Bridgens, “Bed-stocks for intoxication,” National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection , accessed April 25, 2024, https://nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm/items/show/5209.