HMS Lynx during a squall

Sailors of the Royal Navy ship, HMS Lynx, taking in the sails during a squall, somewhere off the west coast of Africa, c.1860. HMS Lynx had been sent to the region to provide help for Dr. David Livingstone's expedition, but it also acted in anti-slavery actions and many of the figures on the deck are ex-slaves, freed from an Arab dhow

Acted Actions Dhow Freed Livingstone Lynx Provide Sails Slaves Somewhere Squall

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