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Slavery in the Sudan: people fastened at the neck to wooden clamps are being led away into slavery in Egypt. Wood engraving by F.J. Gauchard after K. Girardet.

A gentleman and a lady riding in horse-drawn coach, with a black slave boy riding on the back. Etching by Ferdinand, King of Portugal, 1845.

Slaves in Madagascar subjected to physical punishment: (left) a boy wearing a heavy iron collar is carrying a heavy piece of wood; (right) a woman with her head in a cangue is carrying a basket. Wood engraving after W. Ellis, 1858.

A boy slave in Zanzibar punished by being forced to stand with a heavy piece of wood on his head which is chained to his ankle. Process print by C.H., 1896, after W.K. Firminger.

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Slavery in the Sudan: people fastened at the neck to wooden clamps are being led away into slavery in Egypt. Wood engraving by F.J. Gauchard after K. Girardet.

A boy slave in Zanzibar punished by being forced to stand with a heavy piece of wood on his head which is chained to his ankle. Process print by C.H., 1896, after W.K. Firminger.

A gentleman and a lady riding in horse-drawn coach, with a black slave boy riding on the back. Etching by Ferdinand, King of Portugal, 1845.

Slaves in Madagascar subjected to physical punishment: (left) a boy wearing a heavy iron collar is carrying a heavy piece of wood; (right) a woman with her head in a cangue is carrying a basket. Wood engraving after W. Ellis, 1858.