‘File 5/65 I Question of disposal of emancipated slaves and proposal to check traffic between Muscat, Oman ports and Zanzibar’ [13r] (36/200)
The record is made up of 1 volume (95 folios). It was created in 18 Jan 1889-14 Jul 1905. 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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ENCLOSURES.
No. 1.
Sir,
India Olfice to Foreign Office.
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.
,
t t • iii __ 16tli February 1897.
1 am directed by Lord George Hamilton to forward for the
consideration of the Marquis of Salisbury, cony of a Letter from t he
GoTernment of India, No. 5, Foreign, Extend, dated fsto January
slaves."' encl0Sures ' 0n the sub i ect of the disposal of emancipated
It will be observed that Lord Elgin's Government suggest that the
llritkl Arabla m'gMwith advantage bo sent to the
British possessions m East Africa. Lord George Hamilton is disposed
SaHsbury onZSter?' and W0Uld ^ ^ t0 ' learU tlie TiewS of Lord
f .L 1 he Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
I am, (fee.,
A. Godlby.
Sir,
No. 2.
Foreign Office to
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.
.
Foreign Office,
1 have laid before the Marquess of Salisbmy youi-'Vcui^of 7 thc
16th instant, respecting the disposal of emancipated slaves and .m
Stn t T 0 Z 0 "' W •*; infor 'nation of Uer JIajestyl secretarvTf
mtt Hf T r" 1 7. C0Uncil) t Ilat a C( W of the Letter f/om the Govern-
\ r' 0 ' tl ' e "' ln enclosed, has been forwarded to Her Maiestv's
fnfnl l L Zan 1 Ziljar ' " ith a re( l lles t that he mil
„nv., n Salisbury with any observations which he may have to
"" -**<> * " ,o —
I am, &c.,
The Under Secretary of Stale J?RANCIS :Bertie -
for India.
No. 3.
Foreign Office to
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.
.
Si Vj Foreign Office,
I am directed by the Marquess of Salisbury to hlrm vmfthnt
Gen^l aTzanzib-ir^^f r i0 ^. With Ucr Agent ami Consul-
" at Zanzibai icspectmg the proposal contained in vour letter of
542 - t - A 2
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The volume contains correspondence between Government of India officials and 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. of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , on the question of the disposal or repatriation of slaves manumitted in the Gulf region, in response to concerns 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. over the potential social consequences of settling further Africans in the city (folio 5). British government officials in London and India discussed the practicalities of sending freed slaves to Britain’s possessions in East Africa, where freed slaves could be employed in the region’s agricultural plantations (folio 13 onwards).
In December 1897 Captain Hugh Daly, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, wrote 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Malcome Meade), requesting him to liaise with Her Majesty’s acting Consul-General at Zanzibar, Basil Cave, to arrange for the dispatch of freed African slaves to be repatriated at Zanzibar (folio 23). A batch of correspondence from 1899/1900 documents the arrangements made by 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. (then Major Percy Cox) to send eleven liberated slaves to Zanzibar. Particular attention is paid to keeping the cost of the freed slaves’ passage back to Africa to a minimum.
The remainder of the file covers the period 1897 to 1905, and deals with specific cases of emancipated slaves being dispatched to Zanzibar, either from the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire or the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Muscat. This includes a report written by 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. (Major Charles Kemball) in Nov 1902 outlining the numbers of slaves transported over a two year period (1900-1902) from Muscat to Zanzibar, including method and cost of transport (folio 82).
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- 1 volume (95 folios)
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The papers in the volume are arranged in rough chronological order, running from earliest at the front of the volume, to latest at the rear.
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Foliation: The volume has been foliated with a small circled number in the top-right corner of each front-facing page, beginning with the front cover and running to the last folio.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1bv, 2r:7v, 7ar:7av, 8r:94v, back-i
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