Title

Clearing Away the Weeds

Caption

Clearing Away the Weeds. 'Then we in gangs, like beasts in droves,/Swift to the cane fields driven are;/There first our toil the weeds remove,/And next we holes for plants prepare.' From Ameilia Opie "The Black Man's Lament; or How to Make Sugar", London, 1826.

Date

1826

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP09A00_445

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,5Mb (3,3Mb) / 15,4in x 12,8in / 4607 x 3832 (300dpi)

Keywords

Slavery Slave Slave master Slave labour Whip Exploitation Abolition Agriculture Sugar Britain Nineteenth century 19th century