Bense [Bunce] Island and Fort, Sierra Leone, ca. 1727
Shows physical details of this important British slave trading station. Note, the Slave House in the upper left hand corner; the old and new African towns outside of the fort are also shown. Smith made this survey for the Royal African Company. See also image mariners17. An account of British slave trading activities and the importance of the island in the mid-18th century is given in, Sean M. Kelley, The Voyage of the Slave Ship Hare (The University of North Carolina Press, 2016), passim.
Image Title
Bense [Bunce] Island and Fort, Sierra Leone, ca. 1727
RegID
SI-OB-95
Date
1727
Title
Bense [Bunce] Island and Fort, Sierra Leone, ca. 1727
Source
William Smith, Thirty different drafts of Guinea (London, 1727), plate 8.
Language
English
Item sets
European Forts & Trading Posts in Africa
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Rivers--Bunce Island
Reproduced In
William Smith, Thirty different drafts of Guinea (London, 1727), plate 8.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
31-Mar-17
Identifier
mariners18