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Political No. 204 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of Papers Relating to the Capture by the Governor of Lamoo of a 'Slave Dhow' with 217 'Slaves' on Board [29av] (4/12)
The record is made up of 1 item (6 folios). It was created in 21 Nov 1873-15 Dec 1873. 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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1873
CAMP AGRA.
Foreign Department.
P 0 LI T IC A L.
*
No. 204, dated 2/ November 1873.
Copy.
* »
Letter to Her Majesty’s Secretary of
State for India.
V
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B f N O
Forwards, for information, certain docu
ments noted within, relative to the
capture by the Governor of Lamoo of
a slave
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
with 217 slaves on board,
and gives particulars connected there
with.
... jl i IT
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This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 21 November and received via Brindisi on 15 December 1873, forwarding copies of two letters from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and Consul General at Zanzibar. The Agent relates how the Governor of Lamoo [Lamu] captured a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. with 217 enslaved persons on board and was instructed by the Sultan of Zanzibar to destroy the vessel and send the enslaved persons to Zanzibar to be located there as 'freed men'; and how a British ship-of-war (as yet unidentified) arriving at the port, despite being told the vessel has already been seized, demanded the surrender of the vessel, destroyed it and took away in it fifty of the enslaved persons. (The Agent intimates that the supply of labour to British colonies probably lies behind the taking away of the fifty persons).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 29, and terminates at f 31a, 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. The sequence contains three foliation anomalies: f 29a, f 30a, and f 31a.
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- IOR/L/PS/6/114, ff 29-31a
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- Political No. 204 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of Papers Relating to the Capture by the Governor of Lamoo of a 'Slave Dhow' with 217 'Slaves' on Board
- Pages
- 29r:29v, 29ar:29av, 30r:30v, 30ar:30av, 31r:31v, 31ar:31av
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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