Papers of Thomas Perronet Thompson relating to Sierra Leone
Papers of Thomas Perronet Thompson relating to Sierra Leone
Collection: Indigenous Cultures and Christian Conversion in Ghana and Sierra Leone, 1700–1850 Volumes Papers of Thomas Perronet Thompson relating to Sierra Leone
The son of a wealthy Hull banker, Thompson served in the army and navy. Partly as a result of his connection with William Wilberforce, the influential anti-slavery campaigner, he was appointed governor of the colony in Sierra Leone in 1808, the year after the abolition of the slave trade across the British empire. Thompson's zeal in enforcing the new law appears to have contributed to the termination of this appointment.
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Originals of letters written by Z. Macauley and others
DTH/1/1-6: Bundle subtitled "being those principally connected with the evidence in the Court of V. Admiralty on matter of slaves." Bundle contents: DTH/1/1: Label of bundle. - DTH/1/2: Originals and...
Date:1804-1809Contributor:Hull History Centre
Identifier:72047-DTH1-001
Sundry letters from Z. Macauley, T. Ludlam, & others to T.P.T.
DTH/1/7-17: Bundle contents: DTH/1/7: Labels of contents. (3 undated items). - DTH/1/8: Undated list of documents. - DTH/1/9: Survey [of boundaries of the Company's land at Sierra Leone?] (20 January...
Date:1804-1820Contributor:Hull History Centre
Identifier:72047-DTH1-007
Bundle of miscellaneous items, 1807-1810
DTH/1/18-33: Bundle contents: DTH/1/18: Extract from Minutes of Council of Sierra Leone banishing Chloe Closs (7 November 1807). - DTH/1/19: Letters to Thomas Perronet Thompson from Lord Castlereagh (2) and...
Date:1807-1810Contributor:Hull History Centre
Identifier:72047-DTH1-018
Bundle of miscellaneous items, 1807-1812
DTH/1/34-49: Bundle contents: DTH/1/34: Copy. Report on Means of civilization of Africa (1807). - DTH/1/35: Plan for forming a Black Corps, from slaves from American vessels (March 1808). - DTH/1/36:...
Date:1807-1812Contributor:Hull History Centre
Identifier:72047-DTH1-034
Originals of Receipts passed in the case of slaves sold in the colony of Sierra Leone
DTH/1/50-56: Bundle contents: DTH/1/50: Label of bundle - DTH/1/51: Proceedings in Council concerning slaves seized by H.M.S. 'Derwent' from two American vessels and retained for public employment in the colony...
Date:1808-1808Contributor:Hull History Centre
Identifier:72047-DTH1-050
Copy of minutes in Council of Sierra Leone
DTH/1/57: Covers the period from 27 July 1808 to 15 December 1809.
Date:1808-1809Contributor:Hull History Centre
Identifier:72047-DTH1-057
Originals of Reports of Guard in Sierra Leone
DTH/1/58-59: The reports of the Tower and Town Guards, Freetown, by their commander, Lt. W. Robertson for the period between 10 August to 4 October 1808; previously accompanied by a...
Date:1808-1808Contributor:Hull History Centre
Identifier:72047-DTH1-058
Letters from W.W. Esq.
DTH/1/60-61: Correspondence dated between 22 August 1808 and 30 December 1813, comprising letters from William Wilberforce, seven to Thomas Perronet Thompson and one to Charles William Thompson; one each from...
Date:1808-1813Contributor:Hull History Centre
Identifier:72047-DTH1-060
