A white man hides behind a make-shift shelter made from banana-leaves watching the beheading of a naked black man with a hatchet. Wood engraving by H.S. Melville.

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A white man hides behind a make-shift shelter made from banana-leaves watching the beheading of a naked black man with a hatchet. Wood engraving by H.S. Melville. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 print : wood engraving ; sheet 11.6 x 10.4 cm

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Fernando Po execution H.S. Melville

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Wellcome Collection 43607i

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