Victims of the bumps are cleared in La Tourette, Marseille, Simon Henri Thomassin, after Jean-François de Troy, 1727 print In the La Tourette district, the bodies of the bullying victims led by Nicolas Pink (Chevalier Pink) are cleared by Galeiroeiers and soldiers. Use was mainly made of unfree workers on the Galien. Many of the rowers were Islamic Galace slaves, which can also be recognized here as such by their ankle cuffs and the typical hairstyle (head except for a bare shaved) that they were obliged to have. With this they could be distinguished from, for example, political prisoners who
Victims of the bumps are cleared in La Tourette, Marseille, Simon Henri Thomassin, after Jean-François de Troy, 1727 print In the La Tourette district, the bodies of the bullying victims led by Nicolas Pink (Chevalier Pink) are cleared by Galeiroeiers and soldiers. Use was mainly made of unfree workers on the Galien. Many of the rowers were Islamic Galace slaves, which can also be recognized here as such by their ankle cuffs and the typical hairstyle (head except for a bare shaved) that they were obliged to have. With this they could be distinguished from, for example, political prisoners who had been convicted of the galleys. The Galeiroeiers who helped clear the plague victims in Marseille was promised freedom in return, but the majority of them succumbed to the disease. France paper etching / engraving plague. harbour. quay. slavery; serfs and the enslaved Marseille
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