View of Auckland, From the Crater of Mount Eden, From a drawing by Major Stack, 1862

Suppression of the slave trade extended into all parts of the British Empire – including places as far as Auckland, New Zealand. The Illustrated London News, 11 October 1862. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.

View of Auckland Harbor, New Zealand, From a Drawing by Major Stack, Taken during the Regatta of January, 1862: The Rage of the Maori War-Canoes, 1862

Suppression of the slave trade extended into all parts of the British Empire – including places as far as Auckland, New Zealand. The Illustrated London News, 11 October 1862. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.

Town and Fort of Acapulco, on the West Coast of Mexico, with English and French Squadrons Lying in the Harbor, 1862

Great Britain deployed five ships to the port of Acapulco in case a squadron was needed to support France or Spain. Great Britain had received claims from these countries about a potential need for force against Mexico due to political tension. The Illustrated London News, 12 July 1862. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.

Tower of Francis I. At Havre, in Course of Demolition to Improve Entrance to the Harbor

The majority of French slaving vessels disembarked from the port of Le Havre. The Illustrated London News, 21 November 1861. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.

Sketches from Sydney, New South Wales: View from South Head Road -The Harbor in the Distance, 1861

Correspondence about the slave trade extended throughout the British Empire, and reached as far as Australia. The Illustrated London News, 31 August 1861. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.

An African Strike at Sierra Leone

The socioeconomic order of Sierra Leone was not without strife. Labor conflicts between the free African population and European colonists naturally ensued. The Illustrated London News, 10 January 1874. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.

“A Barber’s Shop at Richmond, Virginia,” by Eyre Crowe, In the Exhibition of the British Institution

A black barber shaves the face of a lounging white man in a barber shop. The Illustrated London News, 9 March 1861. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.

Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1874

Established in the eighteenth century as part of the Sierra Leone project, Freetown was the center for the suppression of the slave trade on the coast of West Africa and served as home to a large portion of the population of those freed from the illicit slave trade. The Illustrated London News, 10 January 1874. […]

The Revolution in Sicily – Troops preparing to embark at the Faro Point, Messina, for Calabria, on Saturday evening, Aug. 11 – from a sketch by our special artist

Prior to Italian Unification in 1861, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies under Bourbon rule was a signatory of an anti-slavery treaty with Great Britain. The Illustrated London News, 25 August 1860. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.

East View of Auckland, 1860

The British Foreign Office’s correspondance on the suppression of the slave trade reached places as distant as Auckland, New Zealand. The Illustrated London News, 19 May 1860. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.