The Old British Consulate in Zanzibar

The Old British Consulate in Zanzibar

by | Feb 4, 2026 | Christine Nicholls

As part of their attempts to counter the Slave Trade, the British sent Atkins Hamerton to Zanzibar in 1842 to discover the extent of the trade in human beings. He was lent a house by Seyyid Said, the Sultan of Zanzibar, on the foreshore near the Sultan’s palace. It...