Marketplace and Houses, Sierra Leone, 1856
Caption, Waterloo Market, shows what is described as the second most important market in Sierra Leone, after Freetown. The marketplace occupies one side of a spacious quadrangle, which has in its centre a circular inclosure (p. 436); the building at the right is inhabited by the British colonial official.
Image Title
Marketplace and Houses, Sierra Leone, 1856
RegID
SI-OB-1121
Date
1856
Title
Marketplace and Houses, Sierra Leone, 1856
Source
The Illustrated London News (Oct. 25, 1856), vol. 29, p. 435.
Language
English
Item sets
Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Rivers
Reproduced In
The Illustrated London News (Oct. 25, 1856), vol. 29, p. 435.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
26-Jan-15
Identifier
ILN435a