Lynn
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In 1907, a British sailor is seen unshackling an enslaved man who had been chained for three years.
The photo was taken by Joseph Chidwick, a crew member of the HMS Sphinx.
The man in the photos had managed to escape a slave-trading outpost off Oman's coast upon learning of the Royal Navy's presence nearby.
In 2007, this image was gifted to the Royal Navy Museum by Samuel, Joseph Chidwick's son, who shared the following remarks:
"The pictures were taken by my father who was serving aboard HMS Sphinx while on armed patrol off the Zanzibar and Mozambique coast in about 1907. They caught quite a few slavers and those particular slaves that are in the pictures happened while he was on watch. That night a dhow (sailing vessel) sailed by and the slaves were all chained together. He raised the alarm and they got them on to the ship and got the chains knocked off them. They then questioned them and sent a party of marines ashore to try to track the slave traders down. They caught two of them and I believe they were of Arabic origin. My father thought the slave trade was a despicable thing that was going on, the slaves were treated very badly so when they got the slavers they didn’t give them a very nice time”.

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The lack of available NHS dentists in this country should be a national scandal.
Please RT if you agree.
sue#NHSLove💙💙💙#FBNHS suesuezep.bsky.social@SueSuezep
OMG. From October my NHS Dentist is going private. I have spent hours trying to find a Dental practice taking NHS patients. There are none. @Conservatives This is on you. I hate you all.
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@ShoresidePTA @Shoreside1234 Sadly, this is the first information that I’ve seen about this event. It’s now ended. I would have been very interested, how would I find out in advance of the next one?
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Some fabulous prizes to be won at tomorrow’s seed swap event. Hope to see you there! @shoreside1234

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@Telegraph @mkmswain I can definitely see Darth Vader’s face there. A tribute?
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Daringly pushing the boundaries of conventional couture, or hideous fetish take on a balloon animal? Follow @mkmswain for all the updates from tonights #BRITS telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/…

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In 14 years as a doctor I’ve never known such horrific conditions. Patients dying on trolleys with zero dignity. Or screaming & moaning in corridors. Dickensian overcrowding, total implosion. Despair. Weeping staff. Abject misery.
Do you care at all @Jeremy_Hunt? @SteveBarclay?
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