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Mode of exterminating the Black Army as practised by the French. From An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti by Marcus Rainsford esq, late captain, Third West India Regiment. Published London, 1805.

The picture shows a French interpretation of the rebellious uprising of Haiti’s slaves in 1789,against the French who owned the island.In 1798 the Caribbean island of Haiti finally achieved independence.

Date: 1805

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