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EAP284/1/1
- Record Id:
- 040-002429945
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002429944
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022708922.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP284/1/1
- Title:
- Liberated African Department; Register 1814-1815; Nos 4,684 - 7,507
- Scope & Content:
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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 the names, ages, height and gender of the men, women and children released from illegal slave trading vessels at the Vice-Admiralty Court at Freetown. In addition, there is detailed information on the physical attributes of the individuals including scarification and other body markings. This is one volume of approximately 19 bound volumes and 1 unbound volume. The copied volume (1814-1815, nos. 4,684-7,507) consists of 382 digital images.
Original material: 1 bound volume, 1814-1815. Recently rebound. Bound in cloth on boards. Stamped in gold. Spine in red leather. Water damage to lower edges of pages. Mildew beginning at central spine. Acidification of pages. Iron gall damage.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Before the war, after the war: preserving history in Sierra Leone
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002429944
040-002429945 - Is part of:
- EAP284/1 : Liberated African Department [1808-1847]
EAP284/1/1 : Liberated African Department; Register 1814-1815; Nos 4,684 - 7,507 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002429944[0001]/040-002429945
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP284/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 382 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP284-1-1
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- English
- Start Date:
- 1814
- End Date:
- 1815
- Date Range:
- 1814-1815
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Arrangement:
- This volume is arranged chronologically and according to the sequential numbering system used within the volumes. This is the original arrangement of the entries. The entries are organised by number from 4,684-7,507.
- 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)