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Part of Regents-Town a Settlement of Liberated Negros. (in the Colony of Sierra Leone)
Part of Regents-Town a Settlement of Liberated Negros. (in the Colony of Sierra Leone)
Engraved on Steel by Illman & Pilbrown, N. York.
Boston, Published by Samuel Walker 1832.
Rare steel engraving on chine collé. Sheet 145 x 195mm (5¾ x 7¾")
A view of Regent, originally Hogbrook, founded in 1812 for liberated slaves brought to Sierra Leone by the Royal Navy West Africa Squadron. It was published in ''The Origin and History of Missions: Containing Faithful Accounts of the Voyages, Travels, Labors and Successes of the Various Missionaries who Have Been Sent Forth to Evangelize the Heathen'' by Thomas Smith and John Choules, an account of the Moravian missionaries. The minister at Regent was William Johnson, paid for by the Church Missionary Society.
[Ref: 55484]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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