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Registration document (Manuscript) 1825-03-29 MGS/1

Registration of a sale at the Office for the Enregisterment of Slaves, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, dated 29 March 1825. Records the sale of an enslaved girl, Alima, aged 14 and three-quarter years by Mrs Cloete to Mrs van Reenen

Slave passport (Manuscript) 1774-10 MGS/18

Slave passport, Surinam, for five named enslaved individuals to travel to Rio Demerary. Appears to be written in Dutch. With wax seal.

Certificate of sale (Manuscript) 1829-06-15 - 1829-10-20 MGS/6

Certificate of sale, Loango, dated 15 June and 20 Oct 1829, relating to the sale of 30 enslaved people 'good men, justly and lawfully obtained', by Mapica Macoiso Macay, Captain of the schooner PHOENIX, and signed by Iquacis Joze da Purificacao.

Court document (Manuscript) 1831-04-19 - 1831-04-30 MGS/36

Court recovery to the Sheriff of Lawrence County, State of Alabama, raised on 19 April 1831, against Isaac Johnson for payment of debts to John Gilmer.…

Receipt (Manuscript) 1834-01-01 MGS/10

Contract/receipt from Virginia, United States, dated 1 January 1834, for the hire of an enslaved man named 'Phill for the duration of 1 year' by Willis Wootten Junior and John Bailey from Francis B Whiting, Guardian of PCL Burwell for 1834, at a cost of $15 25c.…

'An Act regulating the shipping and carrying slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa' (Manuscript) 1795 MGS/64/8

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: George III, Chapter 90, 'An Act regulating the shipping and carrying slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa', dated 22 June 1795, from Parliaments between 25 November 1790-30 December 1794, published 1795…

'An Act to continue, for a limited time, and to amend an Act, passed in the last session of Parliament, intituled, 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) 1794 MGS/64/7

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: George III, Chapter 80, 'An Act to continue, for a limited time, and to amend an Act, passed in the last session of Parliament, intituled, an Act to continue, for a limited time, and to amend several Acts of Parliament fo…

'An Act to regulate, for a limited time, the shipping and carrying of slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa' (Manuscript) 1788 MGS/64/1

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: George III, Chapter 54, 'An Act to regulate, for a limited time, the shipping and carrying of slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa', from Parliaments between 18 May 1784-27 November 1787, published 1788…

'An Act to continue, for a limited time, and to amend an Act, made in the last session of Parliament, intituled, 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) 1791 MGS/64/4

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: George III, Chapter 54, 'An Act to continue, for a limited time, and to amend an Act, made in the last session of Parliament, intituled, An Act to amend and continue, for a limited time, several Acts of Parliament for reg…

'An Act for the abolition of the slave trade' (Manuscript) 1807-03-25 MGS/64/15

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: George III, Chapter 36, 'An Act for the abolition of the slave trade', dated 25 March 1807.

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'An Act regulating the shipping and carrying slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa' (Manuscript) 1797 MGS/64/9

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: George III, Chapter 104, 'An Act regulating the shipping and carrying slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa', dated 19 July 1797, from Parliaments between 12 July 1796-27 September 1796, published 1797.

'An Act for carrying into effect the treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of New Granada for the suppression the slave trade' (Manuscript) 1853-05-09 MGS/64/83

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: Victoria, Chapter 17, 'An Act for carrying into effect the treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of New Granada for the suppression the slave trade', dated 9 May 1853.

'An Act to remove doubts as to the rights of the liberated Africans in Sierra Leone' (Manuscript) 1853-08-20 MGS/64/84

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: Victoria, Chapter 86, 'An Act to remove doubts as to the rights of the liberated Africans in Sierra Leone', dated 20 August 1853.

'Negro' slavery - No.V Conduct and treatment of missionaries in the West Indies' (Manuscript) 1823 MGS/65

Publication which contains historical and offensive terms, 'Negro slavery – No.V Conduct and treatment of missionaries in the West Indies’.…

'A very new pamphlet indeed! Being the truth: addressed to the people at large, containing some strictures on the English Jacobins, and the evidence of Lord McCartney, and other, before the House of Lords, respecting the slave trade' (Manuscript) 1792 MGS/60

Pamphlet (hard bound), 'A very new pamphlet indeed! Being the truth: addressed to the people at large, containing some strictures on the English Jacobins, and the evidence of Lord McCartney, and other, before the House of Lords, respecting the slave trade' (printed London, 1792).

'An Act for carrying into effect the treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of the Equator for the abolition of the traffic in slaves' (Manuscript) 1848-09-04 MGS/64/79

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: Victoria, Chapter 116, 'An Act for carrying into effect the treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of the Equator for the abolition of the traffic in slaves', dated 4 September 1848.

'An Act to amend an Act, intituled an Act to carry into execution a convention between His Majesty and the Emperor of Brazil, for the regulation and final abolition of the African slave trade' (Manuscript) 1845-08-08 MGS/64/78

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: Victoria, Chapter 122, 'An Act to amend an Act, intituled an Act to carry into execution a convention between His Majesty and the Emperor of Brazil, for the regulation and final abolition of the African slave trade',…

'An Act for carrying into effect the agreement between Her Majesty and the Imaum of Muscat for the more effectual suppression the slave trade' (Manuscript) 1848-09-05 MGS/64/80

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: Victoria, Chapter 128, 'An Act for carrying into effect the agreement between Her Majesty and the Imaum of Muscat for the more effectual suppression the slave trade', dated 5 September 1848.

'The capture of a slaver' (Manuscript) 1895 MGS/62

Pamphlet (illustrated), 'The capture of a slaver', by the Rev.…

Bell's Weekly Messenger Newspaper (Manuscript) 1813-09-12 MGS/50

London, No. 911. Containins an account of the high mortality rates among enslaved people in Charlestown due to poor conditions.

Bell's Weekly Messenger Newspaper (Manuscript) 1811-07-14 MGS/49

'Bell's Weekly Messenger', London, No. 797. The back page contains an account of the trial and execution of the Honourable Arthur William Hodge for the murder of Prosper, an enslaved man.

The Tourist or Sketch Books of the Times (Manuscript) 1832-11-26 - 1832-12-03 MGS/52

'The Tourist or Sketch Books of the Times', Monday 26 November 1832 (vol. 1, no.…

'The speech of the Right Honourable William Pitt, on a motion for the abolition of the slave trade, in the House of Commons, Monday the Second of April, 1792' (Manuscript) 1792 MGS/61

Pamphlet (hard bound), 'The speech of the Right Honourable William Pitt, on a motion for the abolition of the slave trade, in the House of Commons, Monday the Second of April, 1792' (printed by James Phillips & George Yard, London, 1792).

'An Act for carrying into effect the treaty with the King of the French and the King of Denmark for suppressing the slave trade' (Manuscript) 1835-09-09 MGS/64/40

British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: William IV, Chapter 61, 'An Act for carrying into effect the treaty with the King of the French and the King of Denmark for suppressing the slave trade', dated 9 September 1835.