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'Papers Respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression' [50v] (40/72)
The record is made up of 1 volume (34 folios). It was created in 29 Oct 1869. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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40
No. 48.
Mr. Churchill to the Earl of Clarendon.—{Received April 17.)
(No. 8.)
My Lord, Zanzibar, February 19, 1869.
I HAVE the honour to inclose a copy of my despatch No. 12 of this day's date,
addressed to C. Gonne, Esq., Acting Chief Secretary to 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.
,
relative to the supposed survivors of the " St. Abbs."
I have, &c.
(Signed) HY. A. CHURCHILL.
Inclosure in No. 48.
Mr, Churchill to the Acting Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay.
Sir, Zanzibar, February 19, 1869.
I HAVE the honour to report that Mr. Heale, the gentleman who was at Brava, has
latterly written to me to say that he had been unable to learn anything respecting the men
said to be in captivity in the Somali country. The sum of 1001. was offered for every
captive, but no response was made during the six months that Mr. Heale was at Brava
from any quarter, although the most influential Chief of Brava had made the offer known
far and near.
I myself, when off Brava in November last, made many inquiries of the slaves and
others on board Her Majesty's ship " Daphne," some of them had been in the Somali
country, but only one had heard, some years ago, when he was at Merka, that a search
was being made for certain white men said to have been enslaved in the interior, but he
had heard nothing of the men themselves.
I have, &c.
(Signed) HY. A. CHURCHILL.
No. 49.
Mr. Churchill to the Earl of Clarendon.—{Received April 17.)
(No. 4.)
My Lord, Zanzibar, February 24, 1869.
I HAVE the honour to inclose a copy of my despatch No. 15 of the 24th instant,
addressed to the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, relative to a
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
captured by Her
Majesty's ship "Star," and supposed to have been the one taken by Majesty's ship
" Wasp " in 1865, which escaped, carrying off three British seamen.
I have, &c.
(Signed) HY. A. CHURCHILL.
Inclosure I in No. 49.
Mr. Churchill to the Acting Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay.
gj r Zanzibar, February 24, 1869.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you herewith inclosed, for the information of his
Excellency the Right Honourable the Governor in Council, the copy of a despatch that I
have had occasion to address to the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
at Aden, with regard to an inscrip
tion found carved on the poop of a
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
latterly captured by Her Majesty's^ ship "Star,
and supposed to have been made by one of the unfortunate seamen of the Wasp," who
were put on board a Soori
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
engaged in the Slave Trade on or about the 12th April,
1865, and of whose fate nothing is known. It was supposed at the time that the men had
deserted, but from the information I have gathered, they seem to have been overpowered
by the Arabs, and were taken north to Pemba. Nothing has ever been heard of them
after they were seen at Pemba, and it is presumed that they must either have been
murdered or be in captivitv in some secluded part of Arabia.
I have, &c.
(Signed) HY. A. CHURCHILL.
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This file contains printed copies of correspondence between British officials regarding Britain's attempts to prohibit slave traffic on the East Coast of Africa, relations between Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar, and Zanzibar's relations with Muscat. The correspondence dates from September 1866-July 1869.
The file contains translated copies of correspondence between the Sultan of Zanzibar, Majid bin Saeed and the Viceroy of India, John Laird Mair Lawrence as well as translated correspondence between an Envoy of the Sultan of Zanzibar and the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Stanley [Edward Henry Stanley].
On folio 42r, the file contains a translation of a letter from Queen Victoria to the Sultan of Zanzibar, Majid bin Saeed. The letter confirms the friendly relations between the two and informs the Sultan that a sword has been specially commissioned for him as a gift.
The file also contains translated correspondence between the Sultan of Johanna [Anjouan Island, now part of the Comoros Islands] and Henry Adrian Churchill, Britain's Agent in Zanzibar.
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- 1 volume (34 folios)
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The file is arranged in rough chronological order, with the earliest correspondence at the beginning of the file and the latest at the end of the file.
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Condition: the file is contained within a bound volume that contains a number of other files.
Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 31, and terminates at f 66, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-134; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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