"Refining sugar with human bones"

This death penalty scene represents the height of horror in Cuba's sugar plantations, as a Chinese worker is literally and symbolically ground in with the processed sugarcane.
Description
This death penalty scene represents the height of horror in Cuba's sugar plantations, as a Chinese worker is literally and symbolically ground in with the processed sugarcane.
Creator
Anonymous author
Source
The Illustrated Description of the Living Hells (Sheng diyu tushuo 生地獄圖說)
Publisher
Society of Friends of the Cernuschi Museum
Date
1875

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