Anti-Slavery Society, 1941-1978

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Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 712

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Contains:

folder 1 (fols. 1-41) correspondence with the secretaries of the Society, 1953-1973
folder 2 (fols. 1-117) selected minutes, memoranda, and committee papers of particular interest to Margery Perham, annotated, 1941-1978
folder 3 (fols. 1-8) Memorandum on South-West Africa and points submitted to the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs by a joint deputation from the Anti-Slavery Society, the Fabian Colonial Bureau, the League of Coloured Peoples, the Native Races Protection Committee of the Society of Friends, and the United Nations Association, typescript, n.d.
folder 4 (fols. 1-12) UN Questionnaire on 'Slavery and Servitude, 1950', with a covering letter from John Humphrey, Director of the Division of Human Rights (fols. 1-5); also, a report of a UN Seminar on Human Rights, Dakar, Senegal, 8-22 Feb (fols. 6-8); and 'La Question de l'Esclavage existe encore de nos jours' by Action pour l'Abolition de l'Esclavage, Paris (fols. 9-12), 1950-c.1960
folder 5 (fols. 1-7) reports on cities, boroughs, and constituencies with substantial immigrant settlements, 1964
folder 6 (unfoliated) slavery, press cuttings, 1956-1962
folder 7 (unfoliated) oppressed peoples and slavery, press cuttings, 1970-1973.

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MSS. Perham 712

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