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IOR/L/PS/18/B84
- Record Id:
- 040-000563215
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000103
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023882721.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B84
- Title:
- Further Papers respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding their attempts to monitor and prohibit slave traffic on the East Coast of Africa. The correspondence dates from March 1869 to October 1869.
Of particular interest are the following folios:
- Folio 71 - French Government boat registration papers that had been given to 'Arab Dhows' allowing them to travel under the French flag.
- Folio 73 - A chart entitled 'Memorandum of Number of Slaves landed and liberated at Aden, and how disposed of'.
- Folio 74 - A copy of the Slave Trade Jurisdiction (Zanzibar) Bill, May 1869.
- Folios 89-91 - 'A Memorandum by Mr. Churchill [Henry Adrian Churchill, Britain's Agent in Zanzibar] respecting Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa'.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563103
040-000563215 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/B : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section B
IOR/L/PS/18/B84 : Further Papers respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0104]/040-000563215
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (25 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000103
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1869
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- 29 Oct 1869
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: contained within a bound volume that contains a number of other files.
Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 67, and terminates at f 91, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-134; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
- Arrangement:
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The file is arranged in rough chronological order, with the earliest correspondence at the beginning of the file and the latest at the end of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)