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1. EAP284/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP284/1
Title:
Liberated African Department [1808-1847]
Scope & Content:
This collection contains two series: the Register of Liberated Africans (lists of Africans liberated from slave ships by the British Royal Navy between 1808 and 1845) and Letter Books (miscellaneous correspondence between 1820 and 1847) kept by the Liberated African Department. These lists and l...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1847
Extent:
1 digital folder containing 642 TIFF images

2. EAP284/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP284/1/1
Title:
Liberated African Department; Register 1814-1815; Nos 4,684 - 7,507
Scope & Content:
This is a list of 2,823 Africans liberated from slave ships by the British Royal Navy between 1814 and 1815. These were among the earliest African individuals affected by the implementation of British suppression policies following abolition in 1807. The list includes extremely rare detail of th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
382 TIFF images

3. EAP284/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP284/1/2
Title:
Liberated African Department; Letterbook; 1820-1826; Vol. 1
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous correspondence with residents in the Colony of Sierra Leone from 1820 to 1826. Table of Content identifies items such as correspondence from Chief Superintendant of Captured Negroes Office, ships' pursers, proclamations of emancipation, deaths in hospital, return of schools and var...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1820-1826
Extent:
260 TIFF images

4. EAP284/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP284/2
Title:
Sierra Leone Register of Births [1857-1893]
Scope & Content:
This collection contains digital images of one of the bound volumes (volume 5) of the Register of Births (Freetown) created by the Government Secretariat of Sierra Leone. Although approximately 56 bound volumes are identified in the Listing Form in the Sierra Leone Public Archives, only 6 volume...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1893
Extent:
1 digital folder containing 117 TIFF images

5. EAP284/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP284/2/1
Title:
Births Vol. 5; District Freetown; 9th October 1863-4th December 1864
Scope & Content:
Birth Register, Volume 5: Lists births by name, sex, names of parents, including maiden name of mothers, occupation of father, signature and residence of informant and date from 9th October 1863-4th December 1864 for the District of Freetown. Original material: 1 bound volume, 9 Oct 1863-4 Dec ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863-1864
Extent:
117 TIFF images

6. EAP284/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP284/3
Title:
John Clarkson's Letterbook and Journal [1791-1792]
Scope & Content:
Bound volume of manuscript journal of Lieutenant John Clarkson, R.N. Governor of Sierra Leone, 1792. Original material: 1 bound volume, 1791-1792
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1791-1792
Extent:
120 TIFF Images

7. EAP284/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP284/3/1
Title:
Manuscript Journal of Lieut. John Clarkson, R.N. Governor of Sierra Leone - 1792
Scope & Content:
Bound volume of manuscript letterbook and journal of Lieutenant John Clarkson, R.N. Governor of Sierra Leone, 1792. Original material: 1 bound volume, 1791-1792. The paper is brittle with most of the edges breaking off. The paper is very acidic and there is some mould and mildew damage. There i...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1792
Extent:
120 TIFF images

8. EAP284/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP284/4
Title:
Sierra Leone Treaties and Agreements [1788-1871]
Scope & Content:
Treaty with "King of Sierra Leone". Various treaties and agreements signed with chiefs and others of the colony an protectorate of Sierra Leone--dating from 1788 to 1871--have been surveyed. The listing form in the Sierra Leone Public Archives identifies 132 agreements and treaties signed with c...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1788-1871
Extent:
1 digital folder containing 16 TIFF images

9. EAP284/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP284/4/1
Title:
Treaty from 1788
Scope & Content:
Treaty with “King of Sierra Leone”. Original material: 8 loose folios in plastic, 1788. The paper is brittle with most of the edges breaking off. The paper is very acidic and there is some mould and mildew damage. There is iron gall from the ink. Three pages are blank.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1788
Extent:
16 TIFF images

10. EAP284/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP284/5
Title:
Sierra Leone Manuscript Orders [c 1791]
Scope & Content:
Manuscript Orders from the Directors of the Sierra Leone Company. Original material: 1 bound volume, c 1791
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1791
Extent:
1 digital folder containing 84 TIFF images

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