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Slave Trade, 1641-1838

Collection: American Records in the House of Lords Archive, 1621–1917    Volumes    Slave Trade, 1641-1838
Commencing with details of transportation and the slavery that followed it, these papers then cover the enslavement of people from Africa and the West Indies. The issues covered within these papers include how slaves were acquired, plantation owner conduct, an investigation into slavery by the House of Lords, laws relating to slavery, and the Abolition Act. Ancillary papers include certificates of slaves and some mortality lists dating from 1794.
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View document: Transportation and Slavery Afterward, 1641-1747.

Transportation and Slavery Afterward, 1641-1747

The earliest of the slavery records, these items cover the issue of transportation and slavery as a punishment for British Citizens.

Date:1641-1747
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-01
View document: African Slaves, 1700-1789.

African Slaves, 1700-1789

A number of reports relating to the transatlantic slave trade and plantation slavery

Date:1700-1789
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-02
View document: Plantation owner conduct, 1782-1788.

Plantation owner conduct, 1782-1788

These records include a report on plantation owners? conduct and some possible regulations to curb their depredations.

Date:1782-1788
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-03
View document: Evidence to HoL on Slavery part 1, 1789-1790.

Evidence to HoL on Slavery part 1, 1789-1790

Printed minutes of evidence touching the slave trade, taken between May 1789 and April 1790, then delivered at a conference.

Date:1789-1790
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-04
View document: Evidence to HoL on Slavery part 2, 1790-1794.

Evidence to HoL on Slavery part 2, 1790-1794

Printed minutes of evidence touching the slave trade, taken between May 1790 and April 1791, then delivered at a conference. Also, evidence of Mr Franklyn on the slave trade.

Date:1790-1794
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-05
View document: West Indies Slaves, 1792-1799.

West Indies Slaves, 1792-1799

Printed minutes and records of evidence relating to slaves from or in the West Indies that was to be delivered at a conference.

Date:1792-1799
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-06
View document: Certificates of slaves and mortality lists, 1794.

Certificates of slaves and mortality lists, 1794

Certificates of slaves, mortality lists, and related papers arranged according to endorsed numbers.

Date:1794-1794
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-07
View document: Laws relating to slavery, 1794-1806.

Laws relating to slavery, 1794-1806

These papers include the Foreign Slave Trade Bill, 1794; the Slaves Carrying Act, 1794; the Slave Trade Limiting Bill (rejected), 1799; the Slave Trade Act, 1806; and the Slave Ships...

Date:1794-1806
Contributor:Parliamentary Archives, UK
Identifier:73167A-08
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