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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

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