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The Rising in Sierra Leone: a view of Freetown, capital of the British Settlement, 1898. Creator: Unknown.

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The Rising in Sierra Leone: a view of Freetown, capital of the British Settlement, 1898. 'The native rebellion in several parts of the Sierra Leone territories becomes more and more alarming. It has, we regret to learn, already been attended with the massacre of some missionaries, English or American, who were engaged in the peaceful works of benevolence and religion. The names hitherto known are those of the Rev. J. N. Cain and Mrs. Cain, Miss Archer, Miss Hatfield, and Miss Schenk, all probably attached to the American Methodist Mission, the ladies being medical nurses. Other missionaries - Mr. and Mrs. Burtner, Mr. and Mrs. Minshall, Miss Mullen, and Miss Ward - have reached Freetown safely. The insurrection appears to prevail simultaneously in the Sherbro district, around the seaport of Bonthe, on the coast to the south-east of Sierra Leone, and in the interior far up the river at Karene, above Port Lokko, where Bai Bureh, the chief rebel leader of the Timini tribes, has collected a large hostile force. Freetown itself could be defended from attack by the aid of armed boats from the naval squadron....' From "Illustrated London News", 1898.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM26A15_366

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Droits gérés

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22.3Mo (1.2Mo) / 31.0cm x 18.1cm / 3662 x 2132 (300dpi)

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coast job religious arts coastal religion art occupation British west africa death Christianity location century empire Britain profession newspapers press print concept B&W sierra leone missionary 19th century black & white black and white B W deaths unrest nineteenth century uprising Freetown The Print Collector British Empire Illustrated London News insurrection TGN ILN newspaper photograph landscape missionaries Unknown 19th-century The Illustrated London News