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8 Rectory Grove, the original home of the African Academy. The Academy was set up by Zachary Macaulay and moved to 14 Clapham Common North Side. It provided an education for free Africans from Sierra Leone who were then to return to their land as missionaries. The Clapham Baptism Register for 1802 shows that the Academy included the sons of local kings and tribal rulers.From 2007 commemoration: 'Lambeth and the Abolition: Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade 1807-2007'.

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Collection:
Image type:	Photograph
Artist:	Norman
Ref:	07592
Identifier:	SPd 4098/3
Date:	2007

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