African slaves washing for diamonds at Mandanga on the River Jigitonhonha in Cerro de Frio, Brazil. From John Mawe's Travels in the Interior of Brazil, 1812. Copperplate engraving by Dall'Acqua handcoloured by Laxaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno's Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti, Milan, 1815.

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