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Slave Trade, 1641-1838

Collection: American Records in the House of Lords Archive, 1621-1917 Volumes Slave Trade, 1641-1838

Commencing with details of transportation and the slavery that followed it, these papers then cover the enslavement of people from Africa and the West Indies. The issues covered within these papers include how slaves were acquired, plantation owner conduct, an investigation into slavery by the House of Lords, laws relating to slavery, and the Abolition Act. Ancillary papers include certificates of slaves and some mortality lists dating from 1794.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Slave Trade, 1641-1838

Slave Trade, 1641-1838

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