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  Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office

  The vast majority of these records are those of the Foreign Office, which from 1782 to 1968 was responsible for correspondence and negotiations with other states and the conduct of British foreign policy. Also contained are some records of the Foreig…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1567-2004

  Reference

  FO

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  Series

  Treasury: Books of Out-letters to the Admiralty

  Treasury letters to the Admiralty, Greenwich Hospital and Trinity House, and other letters on Naval matters, including the slave trade and convict ships. Up to 1877 this series includes letters to the Registrars of the High Court of Admiralty.

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1849-1920

  Reference

  T 5

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  Department

  Records of the High Court of Admiralty and colonial Vice-Admiralty courts

  Records of the High Court of Admiralty (mainly its Instance and Prize Courts), Admiralty Sessions and the High Court of Appeals for Prizes, and the successors of those bodies. It also contains other records of the Admiralty Registrar and Admiralty Ma…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  c1450-1995

  Reference

  HCA

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  Series

  National Debt Office: Abolition of Slavery Act 1833, Registers of Compensation Paid...

  These consist of payment books showing the sum awarded and the date of the Treasury warrant, and containing the signatures of the claimants' representatives; also miscellaneous accounts, certificates of deaths and marriages, correspondence etc.

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1835-1843

  Reference

  NDO 4

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  Series

  West India Relief Commissioners: Mortgage Indentures

  These records of the West India Relief Commission are mortgage indentures, made out to the Crown, used as securities against loans granted by the commissioners.They include supporting schedules of slaves, inventories of estates, and proof of ownershi…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1767-1845

  Reference

  PWLB 11

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  Series

  Policing Slavery Website

  This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Policing Slavery website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  From 2023

  Reference

  HO 655

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  Series

  International Slavery Museum Website

  This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the International Slavery Museum website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  From 2008

  Reference

  PF 46

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  Series

  Foreign Office: Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966

  This series contains correspondence, etc., of the Foreign Office's Political Departments (including the War Department, 1914 to 1920, the Political Intelligence Department, 1918 to 1920, and the Political Intelligence Department, 1939-1946), and of c…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1903-1966

  Reference

  FO 371

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  Series

  Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Website

  This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via theUK Government Web Archive].

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  From 2019

  Reference

  HO 656

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  Series

  Modern Slavery Website

  This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Modern Slavery website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  From 2014

  Reference

  HO 554

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  Series

  Admiralty: Africa Station: Correspondence

  Records of the Cape of Good Hope Station (including the East Coast of Africa and islands in the Indian Ocean) and the West Coast of Africa Station (including Ascension, St. Helena and Tristan Da Cunha) relating to general service proceedings, Slave T…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1797-1932

  Reference

  ADM 123

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  Series

  Colonial Office and Predecessors: West Indies Original Correspondence

  This series contains original correspondence relating to the West Indies. Until 1825 the papers are mainly military despatches. Includes from 1843 to 1875 a section on indentured labour ('coolie') immigration; correspondence with the commissioners to…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1624-1951

  Reference

  CO 318

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  Series

  National Referral Mechanism Review: Modern Slavery Website

  This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the National Referral Mechanism Review: Modern Slavery website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  From 2014

  Reference

  HO 550

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  Series

  Company of Royal Adventurers of England Trading with Africa and successors: Records

  These records are predominantly correspondence, financial accounts, minutes and reports relating to all aspects of the Company's business. The Company was one of the main slave traders of the period and many of the volumes record the purchase and sal…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1660-1833

  Reference

  T 70

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  Series

  Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records

  Registers of the Office for the Registry of Colonial Slaves, 1813 to 1834, most of which are indexed under the names of the owners or plantations; and records of the Slave Compensation Commission, comprising the proceedings of the assistant commissio…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1812-1851

  Reference

  T 71

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  Series

  Colonial Office and predecessors: British Guiana, formerly Berbice, Demerara and...

  This series contains miscellanea from British Guiana, formerly Berbice, Demerara and Essiquibo. Comprises newspapers, grants of land, registers of legal instruments, court records, taxation returns, reports of protectors of slaves, magistrates' retur…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1681-1943

  Reference

  CO 116

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  Series

  High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Case Books (Printed Appeal Papers)

  This series consists of the official case books of the High Court of Appeals for Prizes. These case books contain printed copies of prize appeal cases (usually annotated with a decree), relating to the capture of enemy and neutral ships by the Britis…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1750-1818

  Reference

  HCA 45

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  Series

  Modern Slavery Statement Registry Website

  This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Modern Slavery Statement Registry website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  From 2021

  Reference

  HO 667

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  Series

  High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea

  This series consists of miscellaneous Admiralty papers from the High Court of Admiralty, and the Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division.In addition to papers relating to the jurisdiction of the cou…

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1530-1948

  Reference

  HCA 30

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  Series

  London Slave Trade Commission: Out-Letter Books, Minutes and Papers

  This series contains records of the London Slave Trade Commission. Comprises entry book of out-letters, minutes of proceedings and miscellaneous papers of the commissary judges.

  Held by

  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1819-1824

  Reference

  FO 308