The Slave Trade between the East Coast of Africa and Various Ports in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea
Date:
1842/1842
Description:
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 29 of 1842, dated 30 March 1842. The enclosures are dated 17 January to 30 March 1842, and consist of correspondence concerning the trade in enslaved people between the East Coast of Africa and various ports in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.The correspondence is mainly between the Secretary and Acting Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay and the following: the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary to the Government of India; the Advocate General, Bombay; and the Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-15, on folios 4-6. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.