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