Leone Collection (page 5)

Preparation of Palm Oil - Sierra Leone Date: circa 1904

West Africa, Sierra Leone - Spinning Cotton Date: circa 1910s

Sierra Leone - Separating the seed from the cotton
Sierra Leone, West Africa - Separating the seed from the cotton Date: circa 1910s

Sierra Leone, West Africa - A Cotton Weaver
Sierra Leone, West Africa - Cotton Weaver at work in the open air. On wet days, the weaving is done in a Barri or working shed. Date: circa 1910s

Sierra Leone, West Africa - Cotton Spinning Date: circa 1910s

Sierra Leone, West Africa - Cotton Weaver at work in the open air. On wet days, the weaving is done in a Barri or working shed. Date: circa 1910s

Sierra Leone - Making a Seine net
Sierra Leone - Fishermen making a Seine net. A seine is a large fishing net that hangs in the water due to weights along the bottom edge and floats along the top

Sierra Leone - Market House at Magbalay Date: 1906

Sierra Leone - Kroo Bay, Freetown Date: circa 1905

Sierra Leone - Charlotte Falls Date: circa 1905

Sierra Leone - Picking Pine Kernels Date: circa 1905

Sierra Leone - Vegetable Market
Sierra Leone protectorate - Vegetable Market Date: circa 1905

Sierra Leone - Freetown - Water Street Date: circa 1905

Sierra Leone - Panguma Date: circa 1905

Sierra Leone - Freetown - The Harbour Date: circa 1905

Sierra Leone - The Merry Minstrels
A band with marimba players and a drummer - captioned as The Merry Minsterls - Sierra Leone, West Africa Date: circa 1910s

Mendi expedition, Sierra Leone. Palaver hut used as mess
A palaver hut at Mafweh in Sierra Leone, West Africa commandeered as a mess house by the West Indian Regiment during the Mendi expedition of 1898

Driving cattle captured from the enemy, Sierra Leone
A scene in Sierra Leone, West Africa during the Mendi expedition showing troops of the 3rd Battalion, West India Regiment helping to drive cattle captured from the enemy

Freetown, Sierra Leone, pictured in 1898 during the Hut Tax War, an insurrection by the native population which was put down by West Indian troops in what was known as the Mendi expedition

Mendi Expedition. The native method of firing a cannon
The native method of firing a cannon (lighting it and sprinting away) during the Mendi expedition in Sierra Leone, West Africa in 1898

The Mendi Expedition. Boats bombarding enemy positions
Boats bombarding the enemys position on the River Jong in Sierra Leone, West Africa during the Mendi expedition where the 3rd battalion of the West Indian regiment were sent to suppress an uprising

Hut Tax War, Sierra Leone
A good specimen of a taxed hut, the subject of the Hut Tax War, an insurrection by the native population in pockets of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Frontier Police
Photograph of Sierra Leone frontier police who joined with the Mendi expedition of West Indian Regiment troops to put down the insurrection of the native population in what is known as the Hut Tax

The West Indian troops rushing the stockade at Bongeh
A scene in Sierra Leone, West Africa during the Mendi expedition showing troops of the 3rd Battalion, West India Regiment rushing the stockade at Bongeh

Government House, Bonthe on Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone
Government House, Bonthe, on Sherbro Island in Sierra Leone, West Africa during the time of the Mendi Expedition to quell the insurrection or Hut Tax War

On the march. Crossing a bridge during the Mendi expedition
Scene depicting troops of the West Indian regiment crossing a palm tree bridge during the Mendi expedition in Sierra Leone in 1898. Date: 1898

Sierra Leone Village
Scene in Sherbro village

Sierra Leone Medina
Scene in the centre of the town

Sierra Leone Market
Waterloo Market (presumably at Freetown ?)

Sierra Leone - West Africa - Muslims Praying
Muslims praying in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa

Shipping bullocks to Cape Coast Castle, 1874
Shipping bullocks from Sierra Leone for Cape Coast Castle during the British expedition to crush the King of the Ashantis in the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74)

Alberti (Guzzi)
LEONE BATTISTA ALBERTI Italian architect, painter, musician and writer

L G L G De Lavergne
Louis Gabriel Leone Guilhaud de LAVERGNE French writer, economist

Leone Strozzi / Thevet
LEONE STROZZI French naval officer

Hanno / Exploration
Hanno, a navigator from Carthage, sails down the west coast of Africa as far as Sierra Leone or Cameroon

Leone Allacci
LEONE ALLACCI Italian scholar of Greek

Rifle pits in Tambi
Expedition from Sierra Leone to the Gambia, rifle pits at Tambi

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