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Abstract of the accounts of the Applethwaites Plantation (Manuscript) 1831-1831 MGS/40/14

Archive of documents relating to the plantations and estates of Mullineux, Applewhaites and Stepney: accounts, 'An abstract of the accounts of Applewhaites Estate in Barbados belonging to the Estate of John Cobham Esq deceased from 1st January to 31st December 1831', including expenses, in…

Plantation inventory (Manuscript) 1797-01-01 MGS/23

Plantation inventory of the enslaved people on Waterhouse & Tunbridge Plantation, British West Indies, entitled 'A list of slaves on Waterhouse & Tunbridge', taken on 1 January 1797.…

Autographed quotations (Manuscript) 1864-01-01 - 1868-03-31 MGS/39

2 signed autographed quotations by Wendell Phillips (1811-1884), Massachusetts: (i) 'Libertate Quietem', signed January 1864; (ii) 'Count that day lost whose low...', dated March 1868.…

The Edinburgh Evening Courant (Manuscript) 1862-10-07 MGS/54

Edinburgh, containing President Lincoln's proclamation on the emancipation of enslaved people, with annotations in ink throughout.

The Wisbech Monthly Record (Manuscript) May 1859 MGS/53

(no. 44), containing an account of 'The Great Slave Auction in Georgia' of 436 men, women, children and infants listed to be sold by one of the heirs of Major Butler’s plantations.

Indenture (Manuscript) 1759-07-19 - 1760-08-08 MGS/33

Nevis indenture, St Thomas, made on 19 July 1759, regarding the sale of the Road Plantation of 70 acres, including goods and enslaved people, in the Parish of St Thomas by the Honourable Roland Oliver of Antigua and his son Richard to Edward Parris. Signed and dated 8 August 1760.

Monthly inventory report (Manuscript) 1827-01-01 - 1827-02-21 MGS/26

Brechin Castle Estates, Couva, Trinidad: Monthly inventory report, January 1827, including details of 53 enslaved individuals, the production of sugar, rum and livestock and the employment of Mr Philan, Overseer, on 21 February, with observations on the plantation.
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Abolitionist envelope (Manuscript) circa 1860 MGS/68

Published by Stimson & Co., 79 Cedar St., New York. Envelope with image of John Brown and the following caption: 'I die for the inalienable right of mankind to freedom, whatever hue/the skin may be.' Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection.

'Medals, tokens etc, issued in connection with William Wilberforce and the abolition of slavery' (Manuscript) 1916 MGS/63

Pamphlet (illustrated), 'Medals, tokens etc, issued in connection with William Wilberforce and the abolition of slavery', by Thomas Sheppard (Hull Museum Publications No.109, August 1916; reprinted from the 'Transactions of the Yorkshire Numismatic Society').

Indenture (Manuscript) 1813-02-01 MGS/34

Indenture, Cape of Good Hope, between Charles Blair Esq, Collector of Customs, and Mr Jacob van Reenen, relating to the transfer of an enslaved man from the custody of the RN to van Reenen for the term of 14 years as an apprentice in the trade of a 'home servant'.…

Affidavit (Manuscript) 1825-02-28 - 1825-03-10 MGS/21

Affidavit of a man claiming not to be enslaved, Cape Town, 28 February and 10 March 1825. The letter is written to J. Renyvelt Esq., Deputy Fiscal, Cape Town, from Thomas, with pencil notes relating to slave registration of Thomas.…

Receipt (Manuscript) 1864-04-05 - 1864-04-05 MGS/12

Receipt for the purchase of an enslaved individual by M. Harwell Auctioneer, Montgomery, Alabama, 5 April 1864, for $3000 in payment for an enslaved boy named Frederick, about 18 years.…

Letter to William Atkinson of Sheffield from Thomas Oates, addressed from Augusta, Georgia, 23 March 1821. (Manuscript) 1821-03-23 MGS/20

Letter to William Atkinson of Sheffield from Thomas Oates, addressed from Augusta, Georgia, 23 March 1821, commenting on the subject of slavery and particularly a law in Georgia State forbidding the education of enslaved people. Cross-written.

Confederate bond (Manuscript) 1863-07-10 - 1863-07-10 MGS/13

Confederate $300 bond, No.306, Richmond, Virginia, 4 Aug 1863, to Francis E Woodson, redeemable after 1 Jul 1868 with interest from 10 Jul 1863 at 7%pa

Valuation of enslaved estate workers (Manuscript) 1781-1782 MGS/30

Antigua.. The reverse has the following inscription which contains historical and offensive terms - 'A list of negroes when the estate was rented to Mr Thibou in 1781'.

NOT AVAILABLE TO ORDER- PLEASE CONTACT STAFF…

Valuation of enslaved workforce (Manuscript) 1834-08-01 MGS/31

Antigua valuation entitled 'Return of the number of slaves and estimated value', itemising 264 enslaved people, valued at £14,595 in various categories, for the purpose of claiming compensation. Return completed by Folly Division of Falmouth for the owner, Godschall Johnson Esq.

Abolitionist envelope (Manuscript) circa 1860 MGS/70

Abolitionist envelope with woodcut vignette with an anti-slavery illustration of a master whipping a naked and chained enslaved individual, c1860. Title: "Abolitionist Cachet".

'An Act to continue, for a limited time, and to amend several Acts of Parliament for regulating the shipping and carrying slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa' (Manuscript) 1793 MGS/64/6

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: George III, Chapter 73, 'An Act to continue, for a limited time, and to amend several Acts of Parliament for regulating the shipping and carrying slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa', dated 17 June 179…

'An Act to continue, for a limited time, several Acts of Parliament for regulating the shipping and carrying slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa' (Manuscript) 1792 MGS/64/5

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: George III, Chapter 52, 'An Act to continue, for a limited time, several Acts of Parliament for regulating the shipping and carrying slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa', from Parliaments between 25 No…

Anti-Slavery Society cheque (Manuscript) 1834-08-10 MGS/38

Cheque from the Anti-Slavery Society, London, 10 August 1834, signed by William Smith and Zachary Macaulay and drawn on Messr. Hoare Barnetts, Hoare & Co. totalling £68.11.8 (see auction catalogue for further details on these individuals).

'An Act to continue, for a limited time, and amend an Act, made in the last session of Parliament, intituled, An Act to regulate, for a limited time, the shipping and carrying of slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa' (Manuscript) 1789 MGS/64/2

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: George III, Chapter 66, 'An Act to continue, for a limited time, and amend an Act, made in the last session of Parliament, intituled, An Act to regulate, for a limited time, the shipping and carrying of slaves in British …

'An Act to amend and continue, for a limited time, several Acts of Parliament for regulating the shipping and carrying of slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa' (Manuscript) 1790 MGS/64/3

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: George III, Chapter 33, 'An Act to amend and continue, for a limited time, several Acts of Parliament for regulating the shipping and carrying of slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa', from Parliaments …

'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

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade which contain historical and offensive terms: George III, Chapter 119, '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…

'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

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: George III, Chapter 44, '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 tr…