Photo of the execution of the Namoa pirates

October 6, 2010 at 12:05 pm (Uncategorized) (China, Namoa pirates, Visual memories)

 

Execution of the Namoa pirates

At the time some of my forebears were living in China. I hope they had no part in this! The photo comes from my grandfather’s collection.

I looked closely at an enlarged version of the above photo and I just made out an inscription at the bottom: “NAMOA” PIRATES. For a full description click on:

 http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/05/11/1891-namoa-pirates-hong-kong/