Historical Images

Late slaver Chief Long John, sitting in state after death surrounded by principal wives and eldest son, Bonny N.C.P. (Niger Coast Protectorate). Photographer unknown, c 1897. W.H. Himbury Photographic Album EEPA 1995-0024-0037, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of Art, Smothsonian INstitute.