. English: An Emancipated NegroCaricature on the issue of emancipation of slaves. The work shows an elderly emaciated ex-slave, clad in leaves, shouting ‘Food!!!’ while chasing an insect. The idea behind the characature supports the notion that emancipation would lead to economic collapse in the Caribbean, resulting in starvation for the former slave population. An Emancipated Negro . 20 May 1833. A. Ducote; Thomas McLean; after J. Brusle 312 An Emancipated Negro RMG F0732
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