Rio de Janeiro: young children are being sold as slaves to men in cloaks and wide hats. Aquatint by Edward Finden, 1824, after Augustus Earle, ca. 1820.

Recife, Brazil: a street with men in high hats and uniform pointing out with long sticks the slaves they wish to purchase. Aquatint by Edward Finden after Augustus Earle.

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Recife, Brazil: a street with men in high hats and uniform pointing out with long sticks the slaves they wish to purchase. Aquatint by Edward Finden after Augustus Earle.

Rio de Janeiro: young children are being sold as slaves to men in cloaks and wide hats. Aquatint by Edward Finden, 1824, after Augustus Earle, ca. 1820.