‘Slave Trade – Volume 1’

Title:

‘Slave Trade – Volume 1’

Date:

1843/1843

Description:

Abstract: This item consists of copies of political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It is the first in a series of seven items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2014/89997, 89998, 89999, 90000, 90001, and 90002).The item concerns:A possible mistranslation and misinterpretation of Article Three of the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf of 1822An increase in the trade in enslaved people in ZanzibarIndividual cases of emancipationThe possibility of issuing a general proclamation to emancipate all enslaved people found on vessels that do not belong to nations which have a special arrangement about slavery.The papers which were enclosed in the letters are in the other volumes in the series. The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 666, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4079, [18]43’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 146, and terminates at f 164, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Slave trade
Abolition of slavery
Imam of Oman

Geographic region:

Zanzibar
Muscat

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000659.0x000016_ar
81055/vdc_100000000659.0x000016_en
IOR/F/4/2014/89996
IOR/F/4/2014/89996

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