Slave market place, Zanzibar [historic title], 1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25
Scope and Contents
102 x 47 mm (both sections of stereo print). A view looking across the open market place towards dilapidated building, with enslaved persons seated in the right foreground. Grant's note beneath the print reads: 'Slave market-place, Zanzibar - very difficult to take - slaves and arabs keep running away leaving only a line of women slaves whose legs and a face or two may be observed - the women's entire dress is a blue cotton sheet or cloth tied tight under arms and extending as far as the knee - their heads are cropped as short as scissors can crop them - very often they have for ornament a hole through the upper lip - at the market they come out very clean. Houses are blocks of coralline partly plastered - an indistinct wily arab squats to the right eyeing the women'.
Dates
- Creation: 1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25
Creator
- From the Fonds: Grant, James Augustus, 1827 - 1892 (Person)
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Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Good condition.
General
SG.
Finding aid date
2003-03-20 16:25:05+00:00
Repository Details
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