Berber executioner torturing and killing an escaped slave

Berber executioner torturing and killing an escaped slave by hanging him by his impaled wrist and ankle from a scaffold. North Africa, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by L. Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843

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