Measures Adopted for Suppressing the 'Slave Trade'
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 107 of 1847, dated 31 December 1847. The enclosures relate to British attempts to suppress the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people]....
The item comprises batches of printed correspondence relating to political and economic affairs in Persia [Iran]. The batches were sent as enclosures by the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, to the India Office, London. The printed correspondence is principally between offic...