Hut Tax War, Sierra Leone
A good specimen of a taxed hut, the subject of the Hut Tax War, an insurrection by the native population in pockets of Sierra Leone, which necessitated the sending of troops from the West Indian Regiment to West Africa in what was known as the Mendi expedition
Picture No
10238506
Media ID
46005067
Size
3729px x 4585px
(1.8MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Mr T. E. Leslie Alldridge in The Illustrated London News, 14 May 1898 p.698
Date
1898
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