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Number: | 3511 |
Continent: | Africa |
Region: | West |
Place Names: | Sierra Leone |
Year of Origin: | 1748 |
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Jacob van der Schley |
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Notes: | [PENDING ARRIVAL , source GERT JAN BESTEBREURTJE ] Gravenhage, 1748). Two views of the British colony in West Africa by J. van Schley. From: 'Historische beschrijving der reizen.' - Sierra Leone, bordered by Guinea, was an important centre of the transatlantic slave trade until 11 March 1792, when Freetown was founded by the Sierra Leone Company as a home for former slaves enslaved by or freed from the British Empire. Slave Trade |
Last updated: Dec 10, 2018 |