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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:
Private: The Troubling Sound of Mahogany: Sugar, Slaves, and Square Pianos
(Part of Publication: Private: Unsound Supplies)

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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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