Artefact: 'African Hospitality' 'African Hospitality' is a print by a celebrated engraver, John Raphael Smith (1752 - 1812), after a painting by his brother-in-law, the artist George Morland.

Artefact: Box, possibly for tobacco The use of the abolitionist logo of a chained, kneeling slave shown pleading to Europeans to give him his freedom was widely encouraged.

Artefact: Captured Africans Marched to the coast in a coffle Captured African people were joined together in a line or coffle as they were made to walk in single file from the forested interior to the coast to board the slaving ships.

Artefact: 'Daru' off Elmina Castle This oil painting is called 'Daru' off Elmina Castle and was painted in 1958 by John Stobart.

Artefact: Glass bottle This 205-mm English glass bottle contained ginger powder, and dates from the early 19th century.

Artefact: Musket This flintlock musket was probably made for the British army and dates from the late 1700s.

Artefact: Beads Glass beads were a regular cargo to Africa.

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Artefact: Portrait of Sir John Hawkins, (1532 - 95) This is a painting by an unknown artist of Sir John Hawkins, the man who made the first English slaving voyage to Africa in 1562, raiding villages to capture slaves.

Artefact: Scene on the Coast of Africa This is an oil painting of African traders selling kidnapped people to the crew of a slave ship.

Artefact: Sugar loaf In the 18th century people did not buy sugar as granules or lumps as we do today. It was poured into conical moulds, where it crystallized.