Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Jamaica Negroes Cutting Canes in their Working Dresses.
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Accession number:
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82-116
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Record number:
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82-116-1
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JCB call number:
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D825 D331n
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Image title:
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Jamaica Negroes Cutting Canes in their Working Dresses.
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Creator 1:
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Henry T. De La Beche
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Creator 1 dates:
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1796-1855
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Creator 1 role:
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Drawn by
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Place image published:
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London
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Image publisher:
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T. Cadell, Strand
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Image date:
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1825
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Image function:
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frontispiece
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Technique:
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lithograph, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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11.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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19.7 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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21.8 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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13.8 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Male and female black slaves cut sugar canes. In the background, canes are bound together and loaded into oxcarts. Black male at left may be overseer.
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Source creator:
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De La Beche, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1796-1855
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Source Title:
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Notes on the present condition of the Negroes in Jamaica.
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand
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Source date:
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1825
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notes:
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Henry Thomas De La Beche was the first director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, which created the first methodical geologic survey of an entire country. He was educated for a military career, but left the army in 1815 and joined the Geological Society of London in 1817.Image placed horizontally on page.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1982.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Slavery--Jamaica--Condition of slaves
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