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Victorine

Analyse van de illustratie van Victorine Aquarel van Hippolyte Charles Napoléon Mortier, Hertog van Treviso uit 1865, en voorstellende "de oude dame", die Victorine heette Context Victorine was heel oud in 1866, 13 jaar na de Franse afschaffing van de slavernij. Victorine is misschien als kind op het eiland aangekomen, als slavin. Jonge huisslaven waren in vaste dienst van hun meesters, en gingen in de leer bij oudere slaven. In haar latere...

Victorine

Analysis of the Victorine's illustration Watercolour by Hippolyte Charles Napoléon Mortier, the Duke of Trevise dating from 1865, and representing "the old lady", who was called Victorine Context Victorine was very old in 1866, 13 years after the French abolition of slavery. Victorine may have arrived on the island as a child, as a slave. Young domestic slaves were in the permanent service of their masters, and apprenticed to older slaves. When...