The skinning of the Aboma Snake, shot by Captain Stedman. A naked negro slave skins a huge snake hoisted up a tree by his fellows. Copperplate engraving by William Blake after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his "Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam," J. Johnson, London, 1813.

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