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EAP284/1
- Record Id:
- 032-002429944
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002429944
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023432953.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP284/1
- Title:
- Liberated African Department [1808-1847]
- Scope & Content:
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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 letter books were created as part of the operation of the Liberated African Department. The collection includes digital images from the Register of Liberated Africans between 1814 and 1815 (nos. 4,684-7,507) and digital images from the Letter Books (1820-1826) which includes various correspondence with the residents of Sierra Leone.
Original material: 26 bound volumes and 1 unbound volume, 1808-1847
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Before the war, after the war: preserving history in Sierra Leone
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002429944", "parent" : "#", "text" : "EAP284/1: Liberated African Department [1808-1847]" },{ "id" : "040-002429945", "parent" : "032-002429944", "text" : "EAP284/1/1: Liberated African Department; Register 1814-1815; Nos 4,684 - 7,507" },{ "id" : "040-002429946", "parent" : "032-002429944", "text" : "EAP284/1/2: Liberated African Department; Letterbook; 1820-1826; Vol. 1" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002429944
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- EAP284/1/1 : Liberated African Department; Register 1814-1815; Nos 4,684 - 7,507
EAP284/1/2 : Liberated African Department; Letterbook; 1820-1826; Vol. 1
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP284/1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002429944
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP284/1
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 digital folder containing 642 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP284-1
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- English
- Start Date:
- 1808
- End Date:
- 1847
- Date Range:
- 1808-1847
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
- The digital images in this collection were created as part of the EAP284 project, Before the war, after the war: preserving history in Sierra Leone.
- Administrative Context:
- EAP284 was funded by the Endangered Archives Programme. It created digital copies of records held by the Public Archives Office in Sierra Leone.
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies have been deposited with:The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples, Toronto, Canada; Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull, United Kingdom; Public A
- Information About Originals:
- Original material is held at the Public Archives Office, Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)