Mouth of Chiloango River joining the sea at Landana
Mr. Harris greeting old chief on Bopoto Beach, upper Congo
Mr. Harris travelling from Cocoa Roca to the port. Island of Principe
Mr. Harris writing on board the S. S. Lapsley, Kasai River
Native slaver with slave on either hand. Found on board S. S. Sapele on which Mr. and Mrs. Harris travelled to Angola
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No caption [view of village and landscape taken onboard a boat, similar to image 37]
Novo Redondo at the terminus of one of the great slave routes from Tanganyika to the Angolan coast
Novo Redondo, showing the old slave route on the left
Passengers requested to "Get out and walk" on Mayumbe railway
Path through gorge and village on sea shore, St. Paul de Loanda
Port Scene
Port scene. This image formed part of the Harris Lantern Slide Collection. Under King Leopold II the Congo Free State used mass forced labour to extract rubber from the jungle for the European market. As consumer demand grew King Leopold II's private army - the Force Publique - used violent means to coerce the population into meeting quotas, including murder, mutilation, rape, village burning, starvation and hostage taking. Alice Seeley Harris and her husband Reverend John H. Harris were missionaries in the Congo Free State from the late 1890s. Alice produced a collection of images documenting the horrific abuses of the African rubber labourers. Her photographs are considered to be an important development in the history of humanitarian campaigning. The images were used in a number of publications. The Harrises also used the photographs to develop the Congo Atrocity Lantern Lecture which toured Britain and the the USA raising awareness of the issue of colonial abuses under King Leopold II's regime. Source: Antislavery International
Putting loads on the train at Lomé, Togoland
Railway bridge over Catumbella River
Railway bridge over Catumbella River, Angola
Railway steamer on Kasai River
Repartiated servicaes about to go ashore at Novo Redondo
Repartiated servicaes going ashore at Novo Redondo
Repartiated servicaes on board the S.S. "Zaire" about to land at Novo Redondo
