Description:

View of the English Fort at Sierra Leone from original sketches by J Beckett. In the 1780s, the growing number of poor black people in London, and the Committee for Relief of Black Poor, formed a plan for resettlement abroad. Sierra Leone was the place chosen and the British government took over organisation of the scheme.

With thanks to the Houston family for the use of this item.

Creator: Beckett

Copyright: Lent to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery