Summary

Note: This object includes a derogatory human depictions, slavery and white superiority messaging. Such depictions are not condoned by Museums Victoria which considers them to be racist. Historical distance and context do not excuse or erase this fact.

Lantern slide depicting a man removing shackles from another man's foot. It is part of an incomplete set of 40 slides, two are missing, illustrating highlights from Livingstone's life and travels. These slides were manufactured by the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company for The London Missionary Society, circa 1900.

Dr. David Livingstone (1813-1873) spent thirty years in Africa as a missionary and explorer. He was the first European to cross Africa and to find Victoria Falls.

Description of Content

Image of two First Nations People. One is standing with his foot on a box. The other man is kneeling on the ground and is removing shackles from the other man's foot.

Physical Description

Standard format colour Lantern Slide edged with black tape with number in top left corner.

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