Custom House Negroes, Rio de Janeiro. (BM 1874,0509.67)

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Custom House Negroes, Rio de Janeiro. (BM 1874,0509.67)

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Street scene in front of the Custom House in Rio de Janeiro, with five black workers pulling a cart loaded with bales and one pushing from behind from left to right; illustration from James Henderson's 'The History of the Brazil' (London: 1821, after p.10); inlaid impression; after James Henderson.
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1821
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British Museum
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