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Silver Shower Fall, Spot Valley

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The shimmering waters of the Silver Shower waterfalls, nestled in vegetation at Spot Valley near the city of Montego Bay.

"Greetings from Ja." - Cane River Falls, Ja. (A. Duperly and sons)

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Large rocks surrounding the waterfalls at Cane River in Bull Bay (St. Thomas). A young man leans against one of the boulders.

Slaves in a bar

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Drawing of slaves drinking, chatting and playing a game of pool in a bar.

School children having lunch

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Students from Rosseau Primary School stand while having a meal in a classroom.

Montego Bay, Jamaica

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View of boats in the harbour by the city of Montego Bay, St. James. There are a few houses and coastal plants by the coastline and the mountainous region can be seen in the background.

John Canoe character

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A man, dressed in costume for the John Canoe festival, balancing on two sticks.

The "Queen" of the John Canoe dancers

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One of the characters in the John Canoe Festival.

Villagers merry-making in the island of St. Vincent with dancers and musicians, a landscape with huts on a hill ca. 1775

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Painting of villagers from St. Vincent dancing and making music. Also shown are huts to the left and the hillside in the background.

A cudgelling match between English and French negroes in the island of Dominica ca. 1779

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Men from two groups of black men - English and French - fight with sticks during a cudgelling match in Dominica. A man acting as 'referee' as well as two female bystanders are also captured.

Chatoyer the chief of the black Charoibes in St. Vincent with his wives ca. 1773

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Chief of the indigenous Black Caribs of St. Vincent, Chatoyer, with his two wives. One of the wives is walking with a load on her back while the other is standing by Chatoyer smoking tobacco with a sword in one hand.