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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.
Tags: Painting; Slave trade; Slavery
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.
Tags: Plantations; Slave trade; Slavery; Slaves - Dwellings
Slaves being rowed to ships waiting off the coast of Africa
Enslaved Africans being taken to ships in boats.
Tags: Boats; Slave ships; Slave trade; Slavery
Sleeping Quarters for Negroes
Labor Quarters
Sleeping quarters for negroes (top) and quarters for other labourers (bottom).
Sliding windows on JOS bus
"Cooler buses: in order to avoid a long shipping delay JOS accepted some 30 National buses without sliding windows in the rear section of the bus. The public complained that they were hot. JOS engineers, therefore, removed sliding windows from front…
Tags: Bus lines - Jamaica; Buses; Commuters
Slight sketch of Caledonia Pen, parish of Westmoreland, Jamaica - quarters of 84th detacht. in 1835
Living quarters in the hills of Caledonia Pen, Westmoreland, for the 84th detachment of the West India Regiment. In the lower left foreground, women are laundry and to the right two men can be seen tending to donkeys and a horse.
Slight sketch of the necropolis near Fort Augusta, 1826
Drawing of cemetery near the Fort Augusta coast, nestled among large trees and palms.
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Morant Bay Courthouse

The historic Morant Bay Courthouse, scene of the 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion. It was partially destroyed by fire in 2007 and the statue of Paul Bogle…