This engraving entitled Tipo [sic] Tib's Fresh Captives Being Sent Into Bondage – Witnessed by Stanley records part of Henry Morton Stanley's journeys through Africa. Stanley also hired porters from Tippu Tib, a man considered the king of Zanzibar Slave Traders.
African Captives Being Sent Into Slavery
Images of African Slavery and the Slave Trade
By Alistair Boddy-Evans, About.com Guide
Source: Library of Congress (cph 3a29129)
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