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Felling mahogany
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Felling mahogany
Maker:
J. McGahey
Year of Publishing:
1850
Place of Publication:
Liverpool, England
Publisher:
Liverpool: Rockliff & Son
Part of Companion:
The Troubling Sound of Mahogany: Sugar, Slaves, and Square Pianos
(Part of Publication: Private: Unsound Supplies)
(Part of Publication: Private: Unsound Supplies)
This lithograph shows two black slaves cutting mahogany trees with axes while a third person, probably their overseer, is resting on a fallen trunk next to a cooking pot and his gun.
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