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A Swahili slave-trader

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1159835

Item data

Title

A Swahili slave-trader

Collection

British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi, by Sir Harry H. Johnston ... with six maps and 220 illustrations reproduced from the author's drawings or from photographs.

Names

Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927 (Author)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1897
Place: New York
Publisher: E. Arnold

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 916.897-J

Subjects

Slave traders
Men -- Africa
Swahili-speaking peoples

Genres

Photographs

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR678802-B
Barcode: 33433058874540
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11723162
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ccc5ad50-c607-012f-e3b9-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1897

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "A Swahili slave-trader" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1897. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ccc5ad50-c607-012f-e3b9-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1897). A Swahili slave-trader Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ccc5ad50-c607-012f-e3b9-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "A Swahili slave-trader" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ccc5ad50-c607-012f-e3b9-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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