Sugar Cane Harvest, Antigua, West Indies (1823)

Enslaved Black people cut the sugar cane and load the bundles or junks into a horse-drawn cart. The plantation owner on a horse speaks to a Black overseer. Includes cutting bills or knives, coconut palms, and a windmill in the distance.

Source: William Clark, “[Views of sugar production on Antigua],” in Ten Views of the Island of Antigua, 1823 (Courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library)

AP African American Studies Guide

William Clark, “[Views of sugar production on Antigua],” in Ten Views of the Island of Antigua, 1823

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