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title: Black Miners with White Overseer, Witwatersrand, 1893
author: J. Davis
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21811/black-miners-with-white-overseer-witwatersrand-189/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2026-05-12
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# Black Miners with White Overseer, Witwatersrand, 1893

_Authored by J. Davis_

## Image File

[![Black Miners with White Overseer, Witwatersrand, 1893](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21811.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21811.png)

## Image Caption

An 1893 photograph showing Black miners with a White overseer at the Witwatersrand [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) mines in Transvaal, Southern [Africa](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/africa/).

 Mechanical Curator Collection, British Library

## Cite This Work

### APA
Davis, J. (2026, May 12). Black Miners with White Overseer, Witwatersrand, 1893. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21811/black-miners-with-white-overseer-witwatersrand-189/>
### Chicago
Davis, J.. "Black Miners with White Overseer, Witwatersrand, 1893." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 12, 2026. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21811/black-miners-with-white-overseer-witwatersrand-189/>.
### MLA
Davis, J.. "Black Miners with White Overseer, Witwatersrand, 1893." *World History Encyclopedia*, 12 May 2026, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21811/black-miners-with-white-overseer-witwatersrand-189/>.

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