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An Indian cacique of the island of Cuba addressing Columbus concerning a future state
An Indian cacique (Chief) in Cuba gestures in the air as he addresses Christopher Columbus (in hat and cape), while other villagers listen.
Abolition of slavery in Jamaica
Procession of the Baptist Church congregation in Spanish Town Square on August 1, 1838 as they turned up at Government House to hear the Proclamation of Freedom read by the Governor His Excellency Sir Lionel Smith.
Bed-stock for intoxication
Enslaved Africans with their feet clamped between a bed-stock as punishment for being intoxicated.
Henry Sylvester Williams
Photograph of Henry Sylvester Williams, Trinidadian lawyer, councillor, writer and noted Pan-Africanist.
Coke's ministers house, Kingston
The official residence for the minister of Coke Methodist Church Kingston, Jamaica.
Orange Valley, Slave Hospital
Ruins of the Orange Valley Slave Hospital in the parish of Trelawny, Jamaica.
Neck Collar on model
A model wearing a collar that is used for the punishment and torture of slaves.
17th Century negro girl from Barbados
A seventeenth century African woman from Barbados attired in European styled dress.
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David Weller
Jamaican sprint cyclists on their bicycles. Left to right: Honson Chin, David Weller & Radcliffe Lawrence