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  • Centres of the slave trade in East Africa patrolled by the Royal Navy. Wood engraving, 1875.
  • A meeting at Exeter Hall on the abolition of the slave trade. Engraving by H. Melville after T.H. Shepherd, ca. 1841.
  • A crowd gathered in Exeter Hall, London, to hear speakers on the abolition of the slave trade. Coloured engraving by J. Harris, 1840, after S. Blunt.
  • Slave traders on an African coast enslave some of its inhabitants: a man is taken by two slave traders to their boat, while his wife and child is taken by a different slave trader to another boat. Coloured stipple engraving by Citoyenne Rollet after George Morland.
  • Three young enslaved women in Africa, chained together at the neck, escorted along a road by two slave traders with guns. Watercolour.
  • William Allen, portrayed as an alchemist with several furnaces, the one which he stokes is labelled "Matter o'money". Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1827.
  • William Allen, portrayed as an alchemist with several furnaces, the one which he stokes is labelled "Matter o'money". Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1827.
  • Henry Brougham is praised by black ex-slaves for his part in their liberation, but criticized by children factory employees, on whom he turns his back. Lithograph by H.H. (Henry Heath).
  • Men, women and child slaves near Tete, Mozambique, are forced to walk through the fields fettered at the neck and wrists. Wood engraving by J.W. Whymper after J.B. Zwecker.
  • The Duke of Wellington as Chancellor of Oxford University, wearing academic robes and carrying a mace, instructs his Tory supporters portrayed as academics in gowns and mortar boards. Lithograph by John Doyle, 1834.
  • A figure composed of barrels batters the drooping head of a thistle; representing the forced resignation of Lord Melville following implications of malversation and the vote on Whitbread's motion. Aquatint by J. Sayer, 1805.
  • Two black women and a boy on Lake Chad are about to be led away into slavery by a Spaniard. Stipple engraving by E. Finden, 1843, after Perring.
  • David Livingstone memorial in Blantyre; Livingstone facing African men. Photoprint.
  • Two men wearing turbans standing in a harbour converse with a sailor while sailors and captives are seated on the ground. Etching by M. Schaep, 1649, after C. de Wael.
  • Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a lady's maid. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a lady's maid. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.