Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Samuel Adjai Crowther NPG Ax38357

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Samuel Alexander Walker, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd

Born in Osogun (now western Nigeria), of Yoruban descent, Ajayi was sold into slavery at the age of 13. He was sold several times before landing in the hands of Portuguese traders who purchased him for the transatlantic market. Before it could reach it's destination, the ship he sailed upon was stormed by the British navy's anti-slave trade patrol, the slaves aboard were set free in Sierra Leone. It was here that he became a Christian, he was baptised and named after Samuel Crowther... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.