‘Slave Trade Vol: 1’

Content

This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political and secret letters from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ; Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Agent at Muscat; the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. of the East India Company; the Foreign Office; the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. It is the first in a series of three items concerning the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/1958/85479 and IOR/F/4/1959/85480). The enclosures to the letters are contained in the following items.

The item concerns:

• The rescue of enslaved children and their subsequent placement in households or in a trade at Aden or Bombay, or their return home
• The prevalence of the trade in enslaved people at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Zanzibar
• Discussions of how frequently women and children were kidnapped from India and enslaved and sold at Zanzibar, and whether the Imaum of Muscat’s ships were involved
• Discussions of how involved the Imaum of Muscat was in importing enslaved people to India
• The difficulties of enforcing treaties abolishing the trade in enslaved people, and in persuading the Imaum of Muscat to agree to such treaties
• The system of importing free labourers from Zanzibar to Mauritius and the British attempts to persuade the Imaum not to permit this system because it was often used to perpetuate slavery
• The case of the Joshua Carroll , a ship seized by the British on suspicion of it being a slaving ship, and the claims of the company which chartered it that it was engaged in legitimate trade to transfer free labourers to Mauritius
• The request of the Nawaub of Sucheen [ Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. of Sachin, Ibrahim Mohammad Yakut Khan I] that the British return a dancing girl whom he had accused of theft and who had taken refuge at Surat
• Attempts of Neer Nusseer Khan of Sinde [Amir Nasir Khan Talpur] to persuade the British to pardon one of his officials who had been imprisoned for attempting to import nine children on his behalf.

Affairs of the English brig Maria :

• Captain Turner’s apology for confining one of the Imaum’s seaman in the Maria
• The false accusation of mate of the Maria of murder
• The Imaum’s attempt to use the Maria to obtain the inheritance of a man who died at Tamatava [Toamasina, Madagascar].

The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 596, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3593, [Season] 1842’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.

Extent and format

1 item (164 folios)

Arrangement

The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 530 and terminates at f 694, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/F/4/1958/85478

History of this record

Date(s)

1 Mar 1840-2 Aug 1842 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Related primary sources

Bom Pol 21 Sep 1842, draft 596/1842; IOR/E/4/1071 pp.329-348

Subjects

Slave tradeAbductionNationality

Places

AdenZanzibarMauritiusTamatave

People & organisations

Government of BombayCourt of DirectorsPolitical Agent and ConsulImam of Oman

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