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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 20.6 x 18 cm

French sailors feeding manacled black slaves in San Domingo to ravenous blood-hounds. Engraving by J. Barlow, 1805, after M. Rainsford.

<p>The French sailors are sailing under the French flag and wear cockades on their uniform</p>

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 20.8 x 17.8 cm

French sailors throwing manacled black soldiers off a ship into the a sea populated by large carnivorous animals. Engraving by J. Barlow after M. Rainsford.

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