Timber Estate, British Guiana (Demerara), 1834
Caption, Mibiri Creek, Demerara River. Mr. Edmonstone's Wood Cutting Establishment. The author sketched this scene while visiting this place. In left foreground, two male slaves are cutting wood, next to them are their wives and children. In the very lower right hand corner is the boat-house, above it the main dwelling house, and on the top of the hill were the Negro huts, with some cocoa-nut trees (pp. 187-188).
Image Title
Timber Estate, British Guiana (Demerara), 1834
RegID
SI-OB-466
Date
1834
Title
Timber Estate, British Guiana (Demerara), 1834
Source
Thomas Staunton St. Clair, A Residence in the West Indies and America (London, 1834), vol. 2, facing p. 187. (Copy in Library Company of Philadelphia)
Language
English
Item sets
Plantation Scenes, Slave Settlements & Houses
Spatial Coverage
South America--British Guiana
Reproduced In
Thomas Staunton St. Clair, A Residence in the West Indies and America (London, 1834), vol. 2, facing p. 187.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
LCP-33