Extract of a letter from Captain William Price Hamilton of 'H.M.S. Comus' from Barbados, about the investigation he was commissioned to make by the Governor of the Leeward Islands into whether British merchants had been selling people whom they enslaved to Danish and Spanish Islands, 12 Jun 1835
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 32, pp. 405-408
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To obtain those facts, he had had to travel in disguise in those islands and had brought back 49 enslaved people, 30 of whom were from Anguilla. Their enslavers were to be brought to trial.
Dates
- Creation: 12 Jun 1835
Extent
4 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 32, pp. 405-408
Former reference:
S 20
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