Catalogue description The St Helena Government expend the sum of £5,550 to secure the manumission of 124...

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Details of IOR/F/4/1265/50889
Reference: IOR/F/4/1265/50889
Description:

The St Helena Government expend the sum of £5,550 to secure the manumission of 124 slaves - they request the Court of Directors to allow Captain George Andrew Den Taaffe to receive a salary for his work as Reporter of Slave Emancipations.
Date: Dec 1826-Jul 1831
Related material:

St Hel Gen 25 Jan 1832, draft 39/1832, G/32/158 pp 609-10

 

[See also 50880 above, and 27820]
Held by: British Library: Asian and African Studies, not available at The National Archives
Language: English

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