Skip to main content

American Records in the House of Lords Archive, 1621–1917 Search

  • Home
  • Collections
  • American Records in the House of Lords Archive, 1621–1917

Filter Documents

Showing 112 of 77

Filter results
View document: Transportation and Slavery Afterward, 1641-1747.

Transportation and Slavery Afterward, 1641-1747

The earliest of the slavery records, these items cover the issue of transportation and slavery as a punishment for British Citizens.

Date:1641-1747
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-01
View document: African Slaves, 1700-1789.

African Slaves, 1700-1789

A number of reports relating to the transatlantic slave trade and plantation slavery

Date:1700-1789
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-02
View document: Plantation owner conduct, 1782-1788.

Plantation owner conduct, 1782-1788

These records include a report on plantation owners? conduct and some possible regulations to curb their depredations.

Date:1782-1788
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-03
View document: Evidence to HoL on Slavery part 1, 1789-1790.

Evidence to HoL on Slavery part 1, 1789-1790

Printed minutes of evidence touching the slave trade, taken between May 1789 and April 1790, then delivered at a conference.

Date:1789-1790
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-04
View document: Evidence to HoL on Slavery part 2, 1790-1794.

Evidence to HoL on Slavery part 2, 1790-1794

Printed minutes of evidence touching the slave trade, taken between May 1790 and April 1791, then delivered at a conference. Also, evidence of Mr Franklyn on the slave trade.

Date:1790-1794
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-05
View document: West Indies Slaves, 1792-1799.

West Indies Slaves, 1792-1799

Printed minutes and records of evidence relating to slaves from or in the West Indies that was to be delivered at a conference.

Date:1792-1799
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-06
View document: Certificates of slaves and mortality lists, 1794.

Certificates of slaves and mortality lists, 1794

Certificates of slaves, mortality lists, and related papers arranged according to endorsed numbers.

Date:1794-1794
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-07
View document: Laws relating to slavery, 1794-1806.

Laws relating to slavery, 1794-1806

These papers include the Foreign Slave Trade Bill, 1794; the Slaves Carrying Act, 1794; the Slave Trade Limiting Bill (rejected), 1799; the Slave Trade Act, 1806; and the Slave Ships...

Date:1794-1806
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-08
View document: Papers relating to the Abolition Act, 1806-1836.

Papers relating to the Abolition Act, 1806-1836

These items include various petitions by concerned merchants, with a record of the 1807 Abolition Act.

Date:1806-1836
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-09
View document: Judicial proceedings with regard to slaves 1819, part 1.

Judicial proceedings with regard to slaves 1819, part 1

A circular letter from Earl Bathurst to the Governors of the West India colonies, Downing Street, 1 May 1818, also a letter from Governor Riall to Earl Bathurst, Grenada, 27...

Date:1819-1819
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-10
View document: Judicial proceedings with regard to slaves 1819, part 2.

Judicial proceedings with regard to slaves 1819, part 2

Details of trials and indictments relating to slavery and the mistreatment of slaves, 1818-1819.

Date:1819-1819
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-11
View document: African Slaves, 1838.

African Slaves, 1838

Papers on slavery from 1838, predominantly relating to slave ships and their capture.

Date:1838-1838
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-12
lock_open

Unlock Historical Research for Your Institution

Provide your students and researchers with direct access to unique primary sources.

Back to Top