The Flag of Freedom mb-code 00383652 View of a section of

View of a section of Blackfriars Bridge

Chapels in Holborn

A knife grinder at work

Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon

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The Flag of Freedom mb-code 00383652 View of a section of'The Flag of Freedom', 1875. An escaped slave clings to Britain's flagpole as John Bull argues the toss with the First Lord of the Admiralty, G Ward Hunt. Authority states that the slave should be handed over. John Bull, that stalwart representative of the British people refuses. This relates to the 'Slave Circular' which had been occupying press and government. The Admiralty had issued blanket instructions that stated that escaped slaves should