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Freetown i Sierra Leone. - A black and white photo of a town

Freetown i Sierra Leone. - A black and white photo of a town

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Paa Nigerens Bred. - A black and white drawing of people on a river

Paa Nigerens Bred. - A black and white drawing of people on a river

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Treaty map of Africa. - Public domain vintage map

Treaty map of Africa. - Public domain vintage map

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A. Forecastle hatch. B. Forward companion way to steerage. F. Cook's galley. N. Berths. C. Store room. D. Main Hatch. E. After companion way to steerage. M. Captain's state room. L. and K. Aisles leading to Saloon cabin. I. Pantry. J. Mate's room.

A. Forecastle hatch. B. Forward companion way to steerage. F. Cook's g...

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Map of the Lesser Antilles. - Public domain old map

Map of the Lesser Antilles. - Public domain old map

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Portrait of a ship - Public domain dedication image

Portrait of a ship - Public domain dedication image

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Slave trade of Africa. - Public domain vintage map

Slave trade of Africa. - Public domain vintage map

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Tombuktu; Fremmede Handelsmænds Butik.

Tombuktu; Fremmede Handelsmænds Butik.

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En Slavehandlers Værktøj. - A picture of a bunch of objects hanging from a tree

En Slavehandlers Værktøj. - A picture of a bunch of objects hanging fr...

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Liberian militia; a march past

Liberian militia; a march past

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Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast of Africa: Intended more particularly for the service and happy establishment of blacks and people of colour, to be shipped as freemen under the direction of the Committee for Relieving the Black Poor, and under the protection of the British government

Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast ...

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Dande. Fazenda "Gratidão". Uma moenda de canna. Trapiche. -- Plantation "Gratidão". Sugar-cane mill. -- Plantage "Gratidão". Zuckerrohr-Walzwerk.
Muhamedaner fra Joruba. - Public domain portrait drawing

Muhamedaner fra Joruba. - Public domain portrait drawing

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Krydseren kommer! - A drawing of a boat in the water

Krydseren kommer! - A drawing of a boat in the water

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Africa as known to the Ancients; Before the Muhammadan Invasion.

Africa as known to the Ancients; Before the Muhammadan Invasion.

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Fornem Neger fra Malemde paa Sydvestkysten af Afrika

Fornem Neger fra Malemde paa Sydvestkysten af Afrika

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Political Africa - 1898. - Public domain vintage map

Political Africa - 1898. - Public domain vintage map

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Bishop H. M. Turner receiving James M. Dwane, of South Africa - Bishop H. M. Turner, H. B. Parks, J. M. Dwane, J. S. Flipper

Bishop H. M. Turner receiving James M. Dwane, of South Africa - Bishop...

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Tombuktu. - A black and white drawing of a group of people riding horses

Tombuktu. - A black and white drawing of a group of people riding hors...

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Gadeparti fra Djenné. - An old picture of a man and a child in front of a building

Gadeparti fra Djenné. - An old picture of a man and a child in front o...

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Portrait of a Creole gentleman. Cartes de visite

Portrait of a Creole gentleman. Cartes de visite

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Efterladte Slaver. - A black and white drawing of a group of people

Efterladte Slaver. - A black and white drawing of a group of people

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Feticher fra Nedre Niger. - A black and white photo of a basket with dolls in it

Feticher fra Nedre Niger. - A black and white photo of a basket with d...

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Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast of Africa: Intended more particularly for the service and happy establishment of blacks and people of colour, to be shipped as freemen under the direction of the Committee for Relieving the Black Poor, and under the protection of the British government

Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast ...

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Opening Africa. Book for children by  L. F. Hobley

Opening Africa. Book for children by L. F. Hobley

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Colonizability of Africa. - Public domain vintage map

Colonizability of Africa. - Public domain vintage map

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Tombuktus Havn - Kabara ved Nigeren.

Tombuktus Havn - Kabara ved Nigeren.

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Rytter fra Bagirmi. - A drawing of a man on a horse with a spear

Rytter fra Bagirmi. - A drawing of a man on a horse with a spear

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The Shield, Emblems, and Motto of Liberia as established in 1847

The Shield, Emblems, and Motto of Liberia as established in 1847

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Tuareg fra Egnen om Tombuktu. - A black and white drawing of a woman wearing a scarf

Tuareg fra Egnen om Tombuktu. - A black and white drawing of a woman w...

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Slavejagt. - A black and white drawing of a group of people

Slavejagt. - A black and white drawing of a group of people

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Afrika; dets opdagelse, erobring og kolonisation, title page

Afrika; dets opdagelse, erobring og kolonisation, title page

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Mr. Kizell introduced by Couber to his father King Sherbro.
Hvorledes man straffede Slaver, som søgte at løbe bort.

Hvorledes man straffede Slaver, som søgte at løbe bort.

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German pioneers of Congo exploration photographed at Stanley Pool, [beginning on left - Von Francois, Wissmann, Wolf, and Hans Müller.]

German pioneers of Congo exploration photographed at Stanley Pool, [be...

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Idda; By og Handelsfaktori ved nedre Niger.

Idda; By og Handelsfaktori ved nedre Niger.

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Oversvommelse i Sudan. - A black and white drawing of a river

Oversvommelse i Sudan. - A black and white drawing of a river

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Recaptured Africans: letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 5th instant, in relation to the present condition and probable annual expense, of the United States Agency for Recaptured Africans on the coast of Africa, &c. &c. March 12, 1828. Referred to Committee of ways and means

Recaptured Africans: letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitti...

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Recaptured Africans: letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 5th instant, in relation to the present condition and probable annual expense, of the United States Agency for Recaptured Africans on the coast of Africa, &c. &c. March 12, 1828. Referred to Committee of ways and means

Recaptured Africans: letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitti...

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Speeches and letters
Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast of Africa: Intended more particularly for the service and happy establishment of blacks and people of colour, to be shipped as freemen under the direction of the Committee for Relieving the Black Poor, and under the protection of the British government

Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast ...

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Opening Africa. Book for children by  L. F. Hobley

Opening Africa. Book for children by L. F. Hobley

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Opening Africa. Book for children by  L. F. Hobley

Opening Africa. Book for children by L. F. Hobley

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Departure of colored emigrants for Liberia; from The Illustrated American, March 21, 1896.

Departure of colored emigrants for Liberia; from The Illustrated Ameri...

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Ashantikrigen 1896; Engelske Soldater lande ved Cap Coast Castle.

Ashantikrigen 1896; Engelske Soldater lande ved Cap Coast Castle.

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Angreb paa en pallisaderet By. - A drawing of a group of men standing in front of a fire

Angreb paa en pallisaderet By. - A drawing of a group of men standing ...

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Speeches and letters
Speeches and letters
Opening Africa. Book for children by  L. F. Hobley

Opening Africa. Book for children by L. F. Hobley

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Recaptured Africans: letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 5th instant, in relation to the present condition and probable annual expense, of the United States Agency for Recaptured Africans on the coast of Africa, &c. &c. March 12, 1828. Referred to Committee of ways and means

Recaptured Africans: letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitti...

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Recaptured Africans: letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 5th instant, in relation to the present condition and probable annual expense, of the United States Agency for Recaptured Africans on the coast of Africa, &c. &c. March 12, 1828. Referred to Committee of ways and means

Recaptured Africans: letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitti...

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Speeches and letters
Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast of Africa: Intended more particularly for the service and happy establishment of blacks and people of colour, to be shipped as freemen under the direction of the Committee for Relieving the Black Poor, and under the protection of the British government

Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast ...

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Opening Africa. Book for children by  L. F. Hobley

Opening Africa. Book for children by L. F. Hobley

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Opening Africa. Book for children by  L. F. Hobley

Opening Africa. Book for children by L. F. Hobley

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast of Africa: Intended more particularly for the service and happy establishment of blacks and people of colour, to be shipped as freemen under the direction of the Committee for Relieving the Black Poor, and under the protection of the British government

Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast ...

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Opening Africa. Book for children by  L. F. Hobley

Opening Africa. Book for children by L. F. Hobley

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Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast of Africa: Intended more particularly for the service and happy establishment of blacks and people of colour, to be shipped as freemen under the direction of the Committee for Relieving the Black Poor, and under the protection of the British government

Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast ...

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Opening Africa. Book for children by  L. F. Hobley

Opening Africa. Book for children by L. F. Hobley

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Africa and America; addresses and discourses

Africa and America; addresses and discourses

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