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Drawing of a sugar mill

Drawing of an engenho or sugar mill by Frans Post (1612-1680) made in circa 1640. Pen and pencil on paper. 22,5 x 31 cm.

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  • Enslaved at an engenho

    Verhaal door Joris van den Tol.

    Because the artist, Frans Post, provided a very detailed description in a legend next to the image, we can learn a lot about the activities of enslaved workers on seventeenth-century plantations.

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