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Letter and Enclosures from Commodore Sir Leopold George Heath on the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and Suggestions for its Suppression [‎97r] (11/12)

The record is made up of 1 volume (6 folios). It was created in 12 Nov 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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Inclosure 6 in No. 3.
Commander De Kantzow to Commodore Sir L. Heath.
g-j. " Star," at Bombay, March &\, 1869.
WITH reference to the first dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. taken by Her Majesty's ship " Star " at Brava, I
have the honour to submit the following statement as regards her capture :
1st. While at anchor at Brava, with Her Majesty's ship "Daphne" lying in sight,
about three miles to windward, and our boats close to and in-shore of her, two dhows
were observed coming down. The first was taken and burnt by the " Daphne," the other
was captured bv our cutter and brought alongside, with a crew of nineteen, six male slaves,
and no papers no colours, and a cargo of wood. She stated she had come from Paza, and
was going to Brava. Six slaves who gave themselves up to the boarding officer, through
the interpreter, were brought on board and acknowledged themselves slaves to me, in the
presence of the officers of the ship, not expressing any wish to be landed. The Arab
Captain and his crew desired to be landed forthwith, which was done.
2ndly. On the further examination into the history of these slaves when on board,
three of them volunteered to work, and were employed in the stoke-hole. On one occasion
when some of the slaves were pumping out the ship, one of the slaves captured in the
first dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. stood over them to make them work, at which they growled, inasmuch as he
was a slave as well as them. One of these six slaves when examined in my cabin by me
stated, through the interpreter, he had been taken at Paza, and that when the Aia
Captain saw our boat coming toward the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , he exclaimed, " I have lost my dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. now,
because I have got slaves on board.'' . , ,
These slaves were periodically mustered with the other 126 slaves on board, and
never at any time expressed to'any one any dissatisfaction at their capture, but, on
ihe contrarv, satisfaction at their release.
I have, &c.
(Signed) H. S. DE KANTZOW.
No. 4.
Commodore Sir L. Heath to the Secretary to the Admiralty.
s . Forte," at Aden, June 7, 1869.
ir ' IN forwarding the inclosed Report on the subject of dhows carrying tiie French flag
and apparently engaged more or less in the Slave Trade. I beg you will inform their
Lordships that Commander Meara states that Captain Barnardiston having returned all his
slave papers and those addressed to himself not having at that time reached him, he was
not aware of the mutual agreement between the French and English Governments, under
which the boarding of vessels with French colours is forbidden except for the purpose
(when fraud is expected) of verifying the right to fly those colours
■2. No complaints have, however, been made on the subject, and I thi nk it a most
fortunate circumstance that Commander Meara should have been thus ignorant of the
rules laid down, as otherwise the facts recorded in his Report might not have been brought
t0llfe 3 t Their Lordships have recently forwarded to me a copy of a letter from Sultan
Maiid of 3rd April, 1869, in which he states that in order to avoid being searched by
English cruizers his vessels are all rapidly leaving their proper national colours and placing
^T 'Tventure S^l ^staplest remedy for this evil that the French Govern
ment should be moved to take steps for stopping the j n f C ! 1 ^TheTo e pe 0 rt V of French
Francisation" at Nos Beh, confining their issue to vessels bona Jide the propeity ot French
sub i ects - I have, &c.
(Signed) L. G. HEATH.

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This file contains copies of a series of letters (and their various enclosures) between Admiral Sir Leopold George Heath, Commander of HMS Octavia and the following individuals:

  • The Secretary of the Admiralty, Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox;
  • Britain's Agent in Zanzibar, Henry Adrian Churchill;
  • The Secretary of the Admiralty, William Edward Baxter;
  • The Governor of Bombay, Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald.

The correspondence, that dates from October 1868 to June 1869, concerns Commodore Heath's visit to Zanzibar regarding the slave trade on the East Coast of Africa and the means he suggested in order to stop it.

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1 volume (6 folios)
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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 92, and terminates at f 97, 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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Letter and Enclosures from Commodore Sir Leopold George Heath on the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and Suggestions for its Suppression [‎97r] (11/12), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/18/B85, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023644501.0x00000c> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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