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The voyage of the sable Venus from Angola to the West Indies.

A black woman slave  in Surinam holding a weight on her head which is attached by a chain to her ankle. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1795, after J.G. Stedman.

Abraham banishes Hagar and Ishmael; Sarah and Isaac look on. Engraving by R. Parr after G. Hoet.

Two male merchants in Constantinople haggle over a woman slave, while other women look on. Tinted lithograph by T. Allom after himself.

A woman in Cairo holding a child, accompanied by an Abyssinian slave woman standing next to the cradle. Coloured lithograph by A. Mouilleron after Prisse d'Avennes, 1848.

Virginie giving a bowl of food to a starving black slave woman who has fled from her master. Engraving by E. Rouargue, 1824, after A. Desenne.

Head of a young woman as a Turkish slave girl. Line engraving by T. Viero after G.B. Piazzetta.

Ethiopia: women slaves with their owner; left, two men haggling over prices. Coloured lithograph by B. Plockhorst after J.M. Bernatz.

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Head of a young woman as a Turkish slave girl. Line engraving by T. Viero after G.B. Piazzetta.

A black woman slave in Surinam holding a weight on her head which is attached by a chain to her ankle. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1795, after J.G. Stedman.

Ethiopia: women slaves with their owner; left, two men haggling over prices. Coloured lithograph by B. Plockhorst after J.M. Bernatz.

Abraham banishes Hagar and Ishmael; Sarah and Isaac look on. Engraving by R. Parr after G. Hoet.

Two male merchants in Constantinople haggle over a woman slave, while other women look on. Tinted lithograph by T. Allom after himself.