William Blake, after John Gabriel Stedman, Slave trade engraving, "A Negro Hung Alive by the Ribs to a Gallows", hand coloured aquatint print, 1796

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From vol 1 of Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777, London, 1796, hand-colored aquatints,

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Size: 1486px × 2200px
Location: YCB, USA
Photo credit: © ICP / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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