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31 Oct 06 Halloween 2006
lili's pumpkin carvings for 2006: Billy and Mr Pumpkin ... [more...]

12 Dec 06 Slave chain from Llyn Cerrig Bach, Anglesey
This chain dates from the period immediately before the Roman invasion of Britain, and was found with other sacrificial offerings in a lake on the isle of Anglesey. It is not clear whether the slaves it held were a chain gang of labourers, captives to be sacrificed themselves, or slaves to be traded for profit elsewhere.

8 Dec 06 Slave coffle
This mid-nineteenth century engraving is probably associated with David Livingston's expeditions to East Africa, partly to document and help suppress the slave trade there. Most of the men are placed in "Goree sticks", with their necks held in a Y-shaped tree branch by an iron bolt or leather strap.

26 Aug 06 "Traveller above the Sea of Mist" by C.D. Friedrich
C.D. Friedrich said: "Close your bodily eye, so that you see your vision first with your spiritual eye. Then bring to the light of day that which you have seen in the darkness, so that it may reflect on others, from the external to the internal."

1 Dec 06 "Egyptian Recruits Crossing the Desert" by J.L. Gerome, 1857
In 1823, the Ottoman governor of Egypt, Muhammad Ali, introduced a new military force composed of peasants conscripted from the south of the country. He intended to replace the traditional corps of Janissaries, who were nominally slaves but in practice a powerful and often rebellious political force in their own right. [more...]

8 Dec 06 Turks leading captives
This German woodcut from 1529 shows two female slaves taken by Turkish sipahis or landed cavalry officers, similar to medieval knights. In this period, the Ottoman Turks occupied much of south eastern Europe, and were aggressively trying to expand. When they did, their practice was to take slaves from the non-Muslim occupants of conquered territories. [more...]

17 Jun 06 Drawing by Grigbertz
This drawing by Grigbertz is featured on his website at this and a higher resolution. I've written a short weblog post about this and his other drawings.

11 May 06 "The Pasha's Concubine" by Ferencz-Franz Eisenhut
I've posted a weblog about this painting.

22 May 06 "Naked Slave with Tambourine" by Frank Buchser, 1880
Buchser visited Morocco several times before his visit of 1880, and painted general street scenes as well as this slave being displayed for sale. The Arabic inscription on the wall to her right reads "To be sold".

22 May 06 "Picking the Favourite" by Giulio Rosati

21 May 06 "The Aurut Bazaar or Slave Market" by Thomas Allom
From Robert Walsh's "Contantinople and the Scenery of Seven Churches of Asia", 1838.

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