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The Court Martial which sentenced the Author to Death: General Christophe President
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![The Court Martial which sentenced the Author to Death: General Christophe President. Description: Men (perhaps Generals Christophe and Muro) pass a sentence on Marcus Rainsford who appears in iron shackles. A man in top hat, rosette and feather points to a proclamation. Black soldiers with muskets or guns with bayonets stand behind the prisoner. Decorative elements include windmill, inkwell, sword hilt, scroll, and eagle holding a sword and shield. Source creator: Rainsford, Marcus, fl. 1805. Source title: An historical account of the black empire of Hayti ... Source place of publication: [London]. Source publisher: Albion Press Printed: Published by James Cundee, Ivy-Lane, Paternoster-Row; and sold by C. Chapple, Pall Mall. Source date: 1805. Record number: 06847-6.](https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/preview/YJC/YJC0/YJC0010/YJC0010280_The-Court-Martial-which-sentenced-the-Author-to-Death-General-Christophe-President.jpg "The Court Martial which sentenced the Author to Death: General Christophe President")
| Caption | The Court Martial which sentenced the Author to Death: General Christophe President. Description: Men (perhaps Generals Christophe and Muro) pass a sentence on Marcus Rainsford who appears in iron shackles. A man in top hat, rosette and feather points to a proclamation. Black soldiers with muskets or guns with bayonets stand behind the prisoner. Decorative elements include windmill, inkwell, sword hilt, scroll, and eagle holding a sword and shield. Source creator: Rainsford, Marcus, fl. 1805. Source title: An historical account of the black empire of Hayti ... Source place of publication: [London]. Source publisher: Albion Press Printed: Published by James Cundee, Ivy-Lane, Paternoster-Row; and sold by C. Chapple, Pall Mall. Source date: 1805. Record number: 06847-6. |
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| Artwork medium | engraving |
| Credit | Courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library |
| Terms of use | Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) |
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