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Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection
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'Picture of Slavery in the United States of America' (Manuscript)
1834
MGS/58
Appointment document (Manuscript)
1822-06-29
MGS/35
Indenture (Manuscript)
1813-02-01
MGS/34
'An Act to prohibit for two years after the conclusion of the present session of Parliament, any ships to clear out from any port of Great Britain, for the coast of Africa, for the purpose of taking on board Negroes, unless such ships shall have been previously employed in the African trade, or contracted for, for that purpose' (Manuscript)
1806-07-21
MGS/64/14
Accounts of the Applethwaites Plantation (Manuscript)
1806-1806
MGS/40/4
'An Act for transferring to His Majesty, certain possessions and rights vested in the Sierra Leone Company, and for shortening the duration of the said Company, and for preventing any dealing or trafficking in the buying or selling of slaves within the colony of Sierra Leone' (Manuscript)
1807-08-08
MGS/64/16
Accounts of the Applethwaites Plantation (Manuscript)
1808-1808
MGS/40/8
'An Act to prevent the importation of slaves, by any of His Majesty's subjects, into any islands, colonies, plantations, or territories belonging to any foreign sovereign, state, or power...' (Manuscript)
1806-05-23
MGS/64/13
Accounts of the Mullineux Plantation (Manuscript)
1803-1804
MGS/40/2
Plantation inventory (Manuscript)
1816-07-01
MGS/24
Plantation inventory (Manuscript)
1820-1820
MGS/25
Monthly inventory report (Manuscript)
1827-01-01 - 1827-02-21
MGS/26
'An Act for carrying into effect engagements between Her Majesty and certain Arabian Chiefs in the Persian Gulf for the more effectual suppression the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1849-08-01
MGS/64/81
Valuation of enslaved workforce (Manuscript)
1834-08-01
MGS/31
Printed minutes and conclusion of a pro-slavery meeting held at the West India Dock House, 1st Oct 1831 (Manuscript)
1831
MGS/66
'An Act to amend an Act of the second and third years of Her Majesty, for the suppression of the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1842-08-10
MGS/64/65
'An Act to continue until the first day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty-three an Act for authorizing Her Majesty to carry into immediate execution, by orders in Council, any treaties for the suppression of the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1842-07-30
MGS/64/64
Receipts (Manuscript)
1843-01-01 - 1844-01-01
MGS/11
'An Act to permit, until the thirty-first day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, wheat to be delivered from the warehouse or the vessel duty-free, upon the previous substitution of an equivalent quantity of flour or biscuit in the warehouse' (Manuscript)
1842-08-10
MGS/64/66
'An Act for carrying into effect a treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of Bolivia for the abolition of the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1843-04-11
MGS/64/70
'An Act for carrying into effect a treaty with the King of the French and the King of Sardinia for suppressing the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1835-09-09
MGS/64/39
'An Act for carrying info effect the treaty between Her Majesty and the Argentine Confederation for the abolition of the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1842-06-30
MGS/64/62
'An Act for carrying into effect the treaty between Her Majesty and the Mexican Republic for the abolition of the traffic in slaves' (Manuscript)
1843-08-10
MGS/64/74
'An Act for authorizing Her Majesty to carry into immediate execution, by orders in Council, any treaties for the suppression of the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1844-07-04
MGS/64/77
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