COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
76-93
accession_no
76-93
Accession number
false
Record number:
76-93-10
record_number
76-93-10
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D823 C965
jcb_call_no
D823 C965
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Breaking and filling the casks.]
image_title
[Breaking and filling the casks.]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[E. Wallis]
image_publisher
[E. Wallis]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1823]
image_date
[1823]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; p. 12
image_function
illustration; p. 12
Image function
false
Technique:
wood engraving, hand coloring
technique
wood engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
7.2 cm.
image_dimensions_height
7.2 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
8.4 cm.
image_dimensions_width
8.4 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
17.8 cm.
page_dimensions_height
17.8 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
10.7 cm.
page_dimensions_width
10.7 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Enslaved Black people break and fill casks with molasses inside a shed. Includes shovel, pickax, and opening tool.
description
Enslaved Black people break and fill casks with molasses inside a shed. Includes shovel, pickax, and opening tool.
Description
false
Source Title:
Cuffy the negro's doggrel description of the progress of sugar ...
source_title
Cuffy the negro's doggrel description of the progress of sugar ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for E. Wallis, 42, Skinner Street, Snow Hill ...
source_publisher
Printed for E. Wallis, 42, Skinner Street, Snow Hill ...
Source publisher
false
Source date:
[1823]
source_date
[1823]
Source date
false
notes:
This work shows the labors of an enslaved man named Cuffy, born in Africa and formerly of Baltimore, Maryland. His life is described in verse, meant to be read by children, and shows the cultivation of sugar cane and production of sugar in Barbados.
notes
This work shows the labors of an enslaved man named Cuffy, born in Africa and formerly of Baltimore, Maryland. His life is described in verse, meant to be read by children, and shows the cultivation of sugar cane and production of sugar in Barbados.
notes
false
Time Period:
1801-1850
time_period
1801-1850
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1976.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1976.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Sugar--Manufacture and refining--Barbados
subject_heads
Sugar--Manufacture and refining--Barbados
Subject headings
false