EditorialSprig of the cotton plant, Gossypium hirsutum, with bolls and leaves. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, J. Johnso...
EditorialAfrican slaves harvesting cotton bolls, removing the seeds by machine, while an overseer with musket and whip drives a horse laden with raw cotton. West Indies, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Nasi from Giulio Ferrrario's Cost...