Boarding a slave dhow

A rare image of British sailors boarding an Arab dhow during an anti-slavery patrol off the East African coast.

Object Details

ID: ZBA2608
Type: Photograph
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1885
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Measurements: 145 x 200 mm