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Archives of Cape Town Slave Trade Commission
Catalogue reference: FO 312
What's it about?
FO 312
This series contains records of the Cape Town Slave Trade Commission. Comprises in-letters, entry books of out-letters, minute books, registers of correspondence and of suspected slavers, papers, accounts, etc. of the mixed British and Portuguese...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 312
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Title (The name of the record)
- Archives of Cape Town Slave Trade Commission
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Date (When the record was created)
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1843-1870
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Cape Town Slave Trade Commission. Comprises in-letters, entry books of out-letters, minute books, registers of correspondence and of suspected slavers, papers, accounts, etc. of the mixed British and Portuguese commission established under the treaty signed at Lisbon, 3 July 1842.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of the Slave Trade Department see FO 84
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Cape Town Slave Trade Commission, 1842-1870
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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43 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7626/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
689,247 records
Within the department: FO
Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office
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Archives of Cape Town Slave Trade Commission
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