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Commissioners of Enquiry into the state of the 'captured negroes' in the West Indies:...
Catalogue reference: CO 318/83
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This record is about the Commissioners of Enquiry into the state of the 'captured negroes' in the West Indies:... dating from 1823-1824 in the series Colonial Office and Predecessors: West Indies Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 318/83
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1823-1824
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Description (What the record is about)
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Commissioners of Enquiry into the state of the 'captured negroes' in the West Indies: Commissioners Bowles and Gannon; Secretaries Barrow and Barron.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- International
- Caribbean
- Race relations
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C998463/
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CO 318
Colonial Office and Predecessors: West Indies Original Correspondence
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