Diagram of a slave ship with its cargo of
Diagram of a slave ship with its cargo of African men and women, captured on the River Bonney (Nigeria), April 15, 1822. It was one of six French and Spanish ships captured by British navy enforcing the ban on slave trades within the British Empire. The men and women on these ships were released to freedom at the British colony of Sierra Leone. Engraving by John Hawksworth
Picture No
13123026
Media ID
45382049
Size
3000px x 2717px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
