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Slave chatting informally
Three enslaved Africans chatting among themselves in a relaxed mood. A turkey is beside them.
Slave Festivities
Enslaved Africans dancing to the sounds of the drum and percussion instruments being played by their compatriots.
Slave in chain
Oil painting of an enslaved young man, looking despondent,
as he leans against an object while shackled in chains around his neck and wrist.
as he leans against an object while shackled in chains around his neck and wrist.
Slave man in town
Three men are engaged in conversation as a young man, holding a tray with items, walks behind an older man.
Slave raid on an African village
A village in Central Africa being raided. The women and children which have been spared are being shackled and bound together by neck.
Slaves at their leisure in a negro yard
Enslaved women carrying out their domestic duties by their living quarters on a plantation.
Slaves being rowed to ships waiting off the coast of Africa
Enslaved Africans being taken to ships in boats.
Sleeping Quarters for Negroes
Labor Quarters
Sleeping quarters for negroes (top) and quarters for other labourers (bottom).
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Poet Laureate, Mervyn Morris and Governor General at Investiture Ceremony
Professor Mervyn Morris, Poet Laureate of Jamaica (2014 - 2016) with Governor General Sir Patrick Allen during the Poet Laureate Investiture Ceremony…