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Despatches. Free labourers.
Catalogue reference: CO 111/196
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This record is about the Despatches. Free labourers. dating from 1842 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: British Guiana, formerly Berbice, Demerara, and.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 111/196
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1842
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Despatches. Free labourers.
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- Labour
- Americas
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