Slaves at work, Musee d'histoire de Nantes, Nantes, France
Slaves working on a tobacco plantation, engraving, 1722, from Nouveau Voyage aux Iles de la'Amerique, by Jean-Baptiste Labat, 1663-1738, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Although not as important as sugar or coffee, tobacco was grown in the colonies and exported to France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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13459047
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45382099
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5906px x 3973px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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