The King of Congo blessing the people 40, dead body dressed and dried on a pyre in Loango 41 and funeral cortege drawn by slaves 42. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylor’s Scenes in Africa for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travelers, Harris and Son, London, 1820.

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