Watercolour of four slaves (with the mallets) beating up fern root for their masters at the village of Kororadika in New Zealand by Augustus Earl, 1827. Before the missionaries arrived it was common practice for a tribe to eventually eat their slaves.

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Size: 3543px × 2388px
Location: Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Photo credit: © Lakeview Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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