Slave Trade and West Africa
Collection of documents
£303
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
House of Commons. Further Paper, viz Observations by William Dawes Esq. one of the Commissioners, in addition to the Report made by the Commission of African Enquiry, 1811. 22nd April 1812;
House of Commons. Papers relating to a Recruiting Depot on the Coast of Africa for the West India Regiments. 28th July 1812;
House of Commons. Papers relating to the Slave Trade. 7th July 1817;
House of Commons. Report from the Committee on the African Forts. 25th June 1817;
House of Commons. A Bill for the better Regulation of the African Company. 25th June 1819;
House of Commons. Reports from Commodore Sir George Collier, concerning the Settlements on the Gold and Windward Coasts of Africa. 25th May 1820;
House of Commons. African Company. Letters addressed by the African Company of London to the Treasury Board, respecting the Surrender of the African Forts to Government. 2nd July 1821;
House of Commons. Sierra Leone. Return to an Address. 17th Feb. 1830;
House of Commons. Cape Coast Castle. Copies or Extracts of Despatches or Letters addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, relating to the Caste of Robert Erskine. 14th August 1850;
all sewn as issued, not bound
Footnote
Note: Used by William St Clair in his research for The Grand Slave Emporium: Cape Coast Castle and the British Slave Trade.
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.