Kissy. Landing Slaves from prize to 'Spitfire'

Kissy was a few miles east of Freetown in the British colony of Sierra Leone. HMS 'Spitfire' was a five-gun, wooden paddle steamer employed on anti-slavery patrol.

Object Details

ID: ZBA2731
Collection: Special collections
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Good, L. A.
Date made: circa 1860
People: Good, L. A.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Measurements: Sheet: 310 mm x 416 mm; Image: 252 mm x 361 mm