First published: London: Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co., 1889.
In 1889, the British colonial official Sir Harry Johnston published The History of a Slave, a story of an archetypal slave based on Johnston's extensive knowledge of North and West Africa from his travels there. The original book was published together with some 47 illustrations of scenes in Africa that were drawn by Johnston, and are reproduced in this edition with a new introduction and annotations by Paul Lovejoy.
