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Tippu Tip, African Slave Trader

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Title: Tippu Tip, African Slave Trader

Caption: Tippu Tip (1832 - June 14, 1905), real name Hamad bin Muhammad bin Juma bin Rajab el Murjebi, was a Swahili-Zanzibari slave trader, ivory trader, explorer, plantation owner and governor of Stanley Falls. He worked for a succession of the sultans of Zanzibar. Tippu Tip traded in slaves for Zanzibar's clove plantations. As part of the large and lucrative ivory trade, he led many trading expeditions into Central Africa by constructing profitable trading posts that reached deep into the region. He bought the ivory from local suppliers and resold it for a profit at coastal ports. No photographer credited, undated.

Credit: Album / Science Source / New York Public Library

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Image size: 2952 × 4650 px | 39.3 MB

Print size: 25.0 × 39.4 cm | 1162.2 × 1830.7 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 19TH CENTURY • AFRICA • AFRICAN CONTINENT • AFRICAN • ARAB SLAVE TRADE • BRITISH EMPIRE • BW • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • COLONIAL AFRICA • DISCOVERER • EAST AFRICA • EXPLORER • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • GERMAN EAST AFRICA • GOVERNOR • HISTORY • INDIAN OCEAN SLAVE TRADE • INFAMOUS • MAN • MEN • PERSONALITY • PHOTO • RESEARCHER (MALE) • RESEARCHER • SLAVE TRADER • SLAVERY • TANZANIA • TIPPU TIP • ZANZIBAR