A white man (Johnny Newcome) sits on a beach in the West Indies: he is having a sunshade held over him while he whips a black man who is on his knees. Coloured etching by W. Elmes, 1812.

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A white man (Johnny Newcome) sits on a beach in the West Indies: he is having a sunshade held over him while he whips a black man who is on his knees. Coloured etching by W. Elmes, 1812.