All images selected by Rakesh Rampertab for www.guyanaundersiege.com
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Bbreaking on the rack | Hanged female | Africa Europe America | Johanna |
Quadroon slave Surinam | Slave family | On the gallows | Ranger |
Rebel slave leader | Musical instruments | Surinam planter | Slaves auction |
This gallery was put togther from "Stedman's Surinam," by John Stedmen. Many of the images
were done by the famous 18C English Romantic poet and artist, William Blake, a staunch
opponentof the Slave trade, a friend of John Stedman, and other revolutionaries
such as Thomas Paine, and Mary Wollstonecraft, all activists.
Please send any images of slavery to rramperta@yahoo.com