‘Muscat. Slave Trade. Vol: 3’

Title:

‘Muscat. Slave Trade. Vol: 3’

Date:

1844/1845

Description:

Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Augustus Le Messurier, Advocate General in Bombay; and Philip LeGeyt, Senior Magistrate of Police in Bombay. It is the third in a series of seventeen items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2112/99462, IOR/F/4/2112/99463, IOR/F/4/2112/99465, IOR/F/4/2112/99466, IOR/F/4/2112/99467, IOR/F/4/2112/99468, IOR/F/4/2112/99469, IOR/F/4/2112/99470, IOR/F/4/2112/99471, IOR/F/4/2112/99472, IOR/F/4/2112/99473, IOR/F/4/2112/99474, IOR/F/4/2112/99475, IOR/F/4/2112/99476, IOR/F/4/2112/99477, and IOR/F/4/2112/99478).The item concerns two boys liberated from slavery in Bombay, and a legal discussion over whether their ex-masters could be, or should be prosecuted for bringing them to Bombay, even though they were not intending to sell them.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 872/45, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5013, Collection No 1 of No 12’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 132, and terminates at f 142, 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

Geographic region:

Bombay

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100098421058.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098421058.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2112/99464
IOR/F/4/2112/99464

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