Lovedale Institution: Galla slave, young woman

Lovedale Institution: Galla slave, young woman. Photograph of a rescued Galla slave, posing behind a chair. Also known as the Oromo slaves, from Gallaland, north of the equator, they were rescued from slavery in the Red Sea and brought to Lovedale by Dr. Paterson in 1890. With the exception of four men all the slaves were women and children

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Equator Exception Galla Lovedale Oromo Paterson Rescued Slaves

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