Title	Holing a Cane Piece Weatherella Antiqua
Description	Preparing to Plant Before planting sugar cane the ground had to be prepared. The field is divided into 4-foot squares called 'cane holes'. Slaves, both men and women, from the 'big gang' broke the ground with hoes. A gang of 30 slaves working with hoes could hole 2 acres in a day. Ten Views in the Island of Antigua in which are represented The Process of Sugar Making, and the Employment of the Negroes in the Field, Boiling-House, and Distillery from Drawings made by William Clark During a Residence of Three Years in the West Indies, upon the Estates of Admiral Tallemach
Photographer	William Clark (1770-1838)
Date of photo	1823
People	William Clark
Subjects	Antigua Estate Weatherella West Indies Holing a Cane Piece
Search Terms	Antigua Estate Weatherella West Indies Holing a Cane Piece
Collection	Ten Views in the Island of Antigua
Place	Antigua, West Indies

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