“Refining sugar with human bones”
Media
Description
This death penalty scene represents the height of horror in Cuba’s sugar plantations, as a Chinese worker is literally and symbolically ground along with processed sugarcane.
Creator
Anonymous author
Source
The Illustrated Description of the Living Hells (Sheng diyu tushuo 生地獄圖說)
Publisher
Leiden Special Collections
Date
1875
Rights
Public domain
Format
Pamphlet
Language
Cantonese
Type
Drawing