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Fazenda Monte Cafe
Slaves working on a large-scale coffee farm in Brazil.
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Child Laborers
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Starbucks and Fairtrade working together
A Fairtrade and Starbucks advertisement that depicts a small Peruvian farmer picking coffee.
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Fazenda Monte Café [Hillside Coffee Farm]
Photograph of laborers on a Brazilian coffee farm after the abolishment of slavery. The laborers are raking the cherries, a part of the drying process that precedes bagging and transporting and involves a significant amount of human labor.
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Escravos em terreiro de uma fazenda de café na região do Vale do Paraíba [Slaves on a hillside coffee farm in the Paraíba Valley region]
Photograph of slaves on a hillside coffee farm raking the cherries, a part of the drying process that precedes bagging and transporting and requires significant human labor.
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Turkish Coffee Being Poured from a Copper Cezve
This is a photograph of Turkish coffee being poured into cup.
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By the King. A PROCLAMATION FOR THE Suppression of Coffee-Houses.
A proclamation by King Charles II, banning coffee-houses in Britain.
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A Character of Coffee and Coffee-Houses
A pamphlet published in 1661.
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The Character of a Coffee-House, with the Symptomes of a Town-Wit
A pamphlet dated to April 11, 1673. The author is not known.
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London coffee house in the late eighteenth century
A late 18th century depiction of a bustling London coffeehouse
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The Mens answer to the womens petition against coffee vindicating their own performances and the virtues of that liquor from the undeserved aspersions lately cast upon them by their scandalous pamphlet.
A pamphlet in response to the Women's Petition Against Coffee, defending men and their coffee drinking habits.
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The coffee-house patriots, or news, from St. Eustatia
The image showcases a group of men inside a coffeehouse reacting to news they have recently heard.
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Jonathan's Coffee House or An analysis of change alley with a group of characters from the Life
A painting showcasing the interior of a coffeehouse
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India Express, 1911
A Lipton's Tea advertisement poster from 1911. The advertisement depicts a vast field and house, most likely representative of a tea planting field and in the forefront is a table surrounded by two white women and two white men, with one woman with dark skin serving one of the white men. There is also an ambiguous figure carrying an item on their head. The poster’s states ‘Tea & Coffee Merchants: To His Excellency Lord Hardinge, Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
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Mousso Ouedrago (age 13) holds a machete while working on a cocoa plantation in Soubré, Côte d'Ivoire
This is an image that shows a boy doing dangerous work on a cocoa plantation in the Ivory Coast.
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Tony's Chocolonely Annual Fair Report 2017-2018
This is a Tony Chocolonely's annual report that explains there progress to 100% slave free chocolate: what they are doing and the struggles they are facing.
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Harkin Engel Protocol Signature Page
This is the signature page of the Harkin Engel Protocol, which was signed in 2001 to eradicate child labor from the chocolate industry.
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Harkin Engel Protocol Cover Page
This is the cover page to the Harkin Engel Protocol that was signed in 2001 by several big chocolate companies to eradicate child labor.
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The Dark Side of Chocolate
This is a documentary that focuses on child slave labor in the Ivory Coast and the trafficking that occurs.
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America the Hope of the Portuguese Cocoa Slave
This is a newspaper article that features the response of different companies that use chocolate as well as other individuals to the previously published articles in Frank Leslie's Weekly exposing slavery on cocoa plantations.
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How America Can Free the Portuguese Cocoa Slave
This is a newspaper article that explains the current situation of slave labor in West Africa. It explains how Americans can help solve the problem.
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How America Can Free the Portuguese Cocoa Slave
This is a newspaper article explains the abuses of slavery that are happening in Portuguese colonies in Africa and how American consumers are complicit in it.
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My Success in America
This is an article published in American Newspaper that details an update about the use of slavery in Africa and the ways Americans can eliminate this problem.
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Tavern Brawl
A brawl breaks out in a British tavern, showcasing the effects of alcohol in the social setting.
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Carregadores de Café
A watercolor drawing of male African slaves carrying sacks of coffee in Brazil.