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Copies of certain of the evidence submitted to the committee of Council for Trade...
Catalogue reference: BT 6/17
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BT 6/17
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Description (What the record is about)
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Copies of certain of the evidence submitted to the committee of Council for Trade and Plantations in the course of their enquiry into the state of the African slave trade.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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At the beginning of this volume are several pages of Minutes relating to Trade for the period 1700-1770. Beside each entry are marginal references to the Commercial Correspondence of the Board of Trade (CO 388) the Entry Books (CO 385) and the Journals (CO 391).
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Trade and commerce
- Slavery
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BT 6
Board of Trade: Miscellanea
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Copies of certain of the evidence submitted to the committee of Council for Trade...
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