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Colonial Office: Immigration Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 571
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CO 571
This series contains correspondence of the General Department concerning the entry of Indian indentured labour into the West Indies and Mauritius.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 571
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Immigration Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1913-1920
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence of the General Department concerning the entry of Indian indentured labour into the West Indies and Mauritius.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier correspondence on indentured labour immigration see CO 318
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 7 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Labour
- Migration
- Caribbean
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4761/
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