Un esclave du gouvernement chargé de propreté des rues
"A Government Slave Responsible for Cleaning Streets" (caption translation). This engraving shows a street cleaner with his donkey and cart. Benoit described how this man "is a government-owned slave who is responsible for keeping the streets clean; a woman and child are in the background." Pierre Jacques Benoit (1782-1854) was a Belgian artist, who visited the Dutch colony of Suriname on his own initiative for several months in 1831. He stayed in Paramaribo, but visited plantations, maroon communities and indigenous villages inland.
Image Title
Un esclave du gouvernement chargé de propreté des rues
RegID
SI-OB-932
Date
1831
Title
Un esclave du gouvernement chargé de propreté des rues
Source
"Figure 21" in Pierre Jacques Benoit, Voyage à Surinam; description des possessions néerlandaises dans la Guyane (Bruxelles: Société des Beaux-Arts de Wasme et Laurent, 1839).
Language
French
Item sets
Miscellaneous Occupations & Economic Activities
Spatial Coverage
South America--Suriname--Paramaribo
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
2-May-12; 3-Sep-19
Identifier
BEN10b