Vintage Photos Show Slave Shackles Being Removed By British Sailors (4 pics)

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Back in October of 1907 the sailors of the HMS Sphinx noticed some people in a canoe that had escaped a slave trading village in an attempt to get to their ship. The sailors took them in, removed their shackles and made them feel right at home.

An Arab slave dealer in custody.



1 Vintage Photos Show Slave Shackles Being Removed By British Sailors (4 pics)

A British blacksmith removing the leg irons off a slave, 1907


2 Vintage Photos Show Slave Shackles Being Removed By British Sailors (4 pics)


3 Vintage Photos Show Slave Shackles Being Removed By British Sailors (4 pics)

The saved slaves on board of HMS Sphinx. The crew gave them new clothes


4 Vintage Photos Show Slave Shackles Being Removed By British Sailors (4 pics)


№1 Author: Phynix4 (2 Nov 2015 17:53) Total user comments: 5461


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good for them
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№2 Author: loveandhate (2 Nov 2015 20:39) Total user comments: 1571


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oh so all black people in americas and british colonies was there cuz they were rescued from slave traders ? good britain haha
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