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Series
Slave Trade Adviser to the Treasury: Unregistered Papers
Catalogue reference: HCA 36
What's it about?
HCA 36
The papers consist of printed and other material concerning the slave trade.The papers include regulations, instructions, etc, issued by the Treasury concerning the suppression of the slave trade, 1862 to 1865; draft returns to the House of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 36
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Title (The name of the record)
- Slave Trade Adviser to the Treasury: Unregistered Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1837-1876
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Description (What the record is about)
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The papers consist of printed and other material concerning the slave trade.
The papers include regulations, instructions, etc, issued by the Treasury concerning the suppression of the slave trade, 1862 to 1865; draft returns to the House of Commons relating to the slave trade and the High Court of Admiralty generally, 1837 to 1853; papers relating to the Royal Commission on Fugitive Slaves, 1876; records of the East African Slave Trade Committee, 1869 to 1871 and case papers concerning Brazilian claims arising out of British actions in connection with the suppression of the slave trade, 1865 to 1871.
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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)
- 8 bundle(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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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The papers were weeded in 1942 under the terms of a Destruction Schedule of 7 August 1941.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8634/
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