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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Place Jamaica, Caribbean Level [36] Series

1. EAP148/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP148/3/1
Title:
Manumission of Slaves [1747-1838]
Scope & Content:
The Manumission of Slaves registers contain certificates (deeds) of freedom for free people of “colour” (black or mixed-race). According to Jamaican law, “free people of colour” had to prove their freedom from slavery. This information was recorded in the Manumission Registers in the Island Secre...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1747-1838
Extent:
8 files of 2,703 TIFF images

2. EAP914/1/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP914/1/1/3
Title:
Despatches to the Governor-in-Chief
Scope & Content:
These records comprise Despatches to the Governor of Jamaica dating from 1849 to 1860 from the President of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Government House, Grand Turk. The Turks and Caicos Islands where a part of The Bahamas until 1848 when the inhabitants successfully petitioned to be made a se...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1849-21 Dec 1860
Extent:
4,308 TIFF images

3. EAP914/1/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP914/1/1/4
Title:
Minutes of Legislative Council Records, 1850-1950
Scope & Content:
These records comprise minutes of the legislative council from 1850 to 1950 (no records digitized from 1895 to 1926). The Legislative council was chaired initially by the President (until 1873) and later by a commissioner (appointed by the governor of Jamaica). The Legislative council was respon...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1850-14 Feb 1950
Extent:
2,787 TIFF images

4. EAP914/1/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP914/1/1/5
Title:
Minutes of Executive Council Records, 1850-1873
Scope & Content:
These records comprise the minutes of the executive council from 1850 to 1873. The Executive Council of the Turks and Caicos Islands governed the islands from 1848 to 1874 under the leadership of a council President under the direction of the Governor of Jamaica. The executive council consisted ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1850-13 Dec 1873
Extent:
1,719 TIFF images

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