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A white man hides behind a make-shift shelter made from banana-leaves watching the beheading of a naked black man with a hatchet. Wood engraving by H.S. Melville.
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A white man hides behind a make-shift shelter made from banana-leaves watching the beheading of a naked black man with a hatchet. Wood engraving by H.S. Melville.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Fernando Po execution H.S. Melville

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