Virginia giving food and drink to a Maroon, an African woman escaped from slavery on Mauritius. Scene from the novel Paul et Virginie by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. Bienfaisance de Virginie. Wood engraving by Huyot after an illustration by Philibert-Louis Debucourt from Paul Lacroix's Directoire, Consulat et Empire, (Directory, Consulate and Empire), Paris, 1884.

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