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BC 801 SLAVERY MISCELLANY  

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Documents concerning slaves

 

A1.1

Completed form recording the sale of a male slave named Cupido. From Office for the Enregisterment of Slaves, Cape Town, 7.7.1821. Signed by Lord Charles Somerset. MSS

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A1.2

Completed form in which two slaves, Mey and Samuel, are mortgaged for the sum of 500 rixdollars by their owner. Transaction registered at the Slave Registry Office, Cape Town, 25.9.1830. MSS

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A1.3

Completed form naming eight slaves which were mortgaged by their owner for 12,000 rixdollars. Registered at the Slave Registry Office Cape Town, 15.12.1831. MSS

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A1.4

Extract from the Registers kept in the Slave Registry Office, 3.12.1834. MSS

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A1.5

Official form from the "Bureau van de Assistent Commissarissen van Compensatie", asking for evidence of the sale and purchase of slaves between 1.1.1823 and 31.12.1830. Signed by Ewan Christians, H.A.(?) van den Berg and W Gadney. Printed.

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A1.6

Form from the Registrar and Guardian of Slaves indicating that the -Manager or Treasurer of the Savings Bank was empowered by the ordinance of 19th June 1826 (no.19) to demand payment to the Savings' Bank on behalf of his slaves. Printed.

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A1.7

Official circular, in Dutch, issued by Lt.Col.T F Wade, acting Governor, from Government House, Cape Town, 7.1.1834, concerning the freeing of all slaves in the Colony. Printed.

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B

Apprenticeship

 

B 1

Form of indenture for apprentices as authorised by the Proclamation of 9th July, 1819. Printed.

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  Total 8 items.

 

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