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slavery: one person being owned by another person.

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Slave Market

“I must mention, as one of the ex-Kedive’s best actions, the abolition of the slave trade, which was flourishing in Egypt only a short time since. Very few years have gone by since I myself was one of [...]

Keywords: slavery, streets, cities, bare feet

Places shown: Cairo; Egypt

Added: 2006-01-03

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Aunt Silvia in her Domain

Look at the Bright Side (1883)

A small girl plays with a toy horse, dolls, a doll-house and a sheep on wheels; she crouches on the floor. Behind her a boy holds a stick. An older girl talks to the servant, who is dark-skinned, and [...]

Keywords: people, children, slavery, interiors

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-06-18

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81.—Captive wearing the Torque.

Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“Torques, or gold and bronze necklaces composed of flexible bars, were peculiar to the people of this country.” (p. 22) “The symbols of the great republic were henceforward to become more familiar to [...]

Keywords: prisoners, punishments, slavery, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-03-26

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