Journal of Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner Sells at Bonhams | Fine Books & Collections
Courtesy of Bonhams The manuscript journal of Colonel Christopher Rigby sold for £56,500 ($78,200). London — The handwritten journal of Colonel Christopher Rigby, British Consul on Zanzibar, recording his strenuous attempts to put a stop to the business of slavery in the Sultanate, and his success in securing freedom for thousands of individual slaves sold for £56,500 at Bonhams Travel and Exploration sale in London on February 10. It had been estimated at £10,000-15,000. The sale made more than £880,000 with 84% sold by lot and 87% sold by value. Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby (1820-...
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