Letters, petitions and statements from bondspeople requesting freedom at the British Court in Lagos

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Reference code(s): 18D33

Title: Letters, petitions and statements from bondspeople requesting freedom at the British Court in Lagos

Date(s): 1862 - 1880

Level of description: Fonds

Extent and medium of the unit of description: 18 items

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Administrative/Biographical history: Surgeon-Major Sir Samuel Rowe, K.C.M.G, was before his death in 1888, Governor of Sierra Leone and before he was Administrator of Gambia. These two regions were called the West African settlements and one of his tasks was to be part of the commission dealing with the slave court where petitions were made regarding domestic slavery.

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Scope and content: Consists of letters requesting help in securing freedom from slavery, as well as requests for help in retrieving slaves who has escaped from their owners. The letters came from family members - men and women.

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Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Interest: Black

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Slavery

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West Africa

Gambia

Sierra Leone