The Barnyard Still Image

Engraving of a colonial plantation yard with enslaved workers processing tobacco and manioc under thatched sheds, a central master's house, and numbered labels identifying each task.
Engraving of a colonial plantation yard labeled "Ménagerie," showing enslaved Africans processing manioc, operating a mill, cooking over an open fire, and weaving, with a master's house and palm trees in the background.

Dublin Core

Title

The Barnyard

Description

As shown here, numerous activities of plantation life were carried out by slaves. This scene includes women and children, who formed a relatively small part of the enslaved population.

Creator

Jean-Baptiste du Tertre

Source

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Date

1667-1671

Rights

Public Domain

Relation

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/223/|Jean-Baptiste du Tertre, Histoire générale des Antillés habitées par les Français, vol. 2. (Paris: T. Lolly, 1667), 419.

Format

JPEG

Language

French

Identifier

223

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Illustration

Title (French)

Ménagerie

Citation

Jean-Baptiste du Tertre, “The Barnyard,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed November 9, 2026, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/223.