The Market in Nassau, New Providence, 1856. Creator: Unknown. # 2969717

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The Market in Nassau, New Providence, 1856. 'Gay groups of chattering negresses, in their many-coloured turban-tied kerchiefs, with abundance of bandanna, solicit the attention of passers-by: "Hi massa'- my sweet massa!- buy beautiful banana!"...Here is a quaint group of characters, one of the evilest-looking of genii, big and black enough to have tumbled out of an Arabian Night...Beside him stands a tall, graceful girl, like a bronze statue of the Queen of Sheba - a plenteous-lipped daughter of Ethiop, with great eyes, calm and placid as the Sphynx...But what is this to the athletic African, as he sits sullenly, machete in hand, haggling with that fat old lady about the price of a bundle of grass he has brought from the interior?...The family likeness is also perceptible in that black-satin boy beside him (with an aldermanic exaggeration of stomach), almost unencumbered by any clothing'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.

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