An Emancipated NegroCaricature on the issue of emancipation of slaves. The work shows an elderly emaciated ex-slave, clad in leaves, shouting ‘Food!!!’ while chasing an insect. 
<p>The idea behind the characature supports the notion that emancipation would lead to economic collapse in the Caribbean, resulting in starvation for the former slave population.<br></p>
An Emancipated Negro
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A. Ducote; Thomas McLean; after J. Brusle</div>
20 May 1833<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1833-05-20T00:00:00Z/11</div>
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