Collection of documents related to stopping the African slave trade [Decimalized .01-.05]

Collection of documents related to stopping the African slave trade [Decimalized .01-.05]

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Five documents regarding efforts of British and American Naval ships off the African coast and around the mouth of the Congo River to end the illegal African slave trade.

GLC#
GLC05832
Type
Header Record
Date
1857
Title
Collection of documents related to stopping the African slave trade [Decimalized .01-.05]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
5 items
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson
African Squadron
African American History
Slavery
Slave Trade
Navy
Government and Civics
Africa
Global History and Civics
Maritime
Foreign Affairs

Showing 5 of 5 records

Collection Item
Manuscript document signed

Extract of a dispatch from Mr. Crawford to Lord Clarendon

May 6, 1857

A manuscript extract from a May 6, 1857 dispatch from British consul at Havana, Joseph T. Crawford, to Lord Clarendon, giving names and tonnage of five American vessels sent to Havana, presumably for the slave trade. The ships are the schooner...

GLC05832.01
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to William McBlair

12 October 1857

Davidson, Hunter, 1827-1913

Lt. Davidson of the USS "Dale" reports on his official interview with Commodore Wise, commander of the H.M.S. "Vesuvius," regarding Wise's capture of the slaveship "Bremen" on October 10, 1857. Davidson interviewed Wise by order of the captain of the...

GLC05832.02
Collection Item
Manuscript letter signed

to William McBlair

October 19. 1857

Conover, Thomas A., 1794-1864

Directing McBlair to proceed to the Congo River area to suppress the illegal traffic in slaves and ordering him to cooperate with British naval forces already in the area. Sends "private instructions" (possibly related to GLC00722.04) on how to deal...

GLC05832.03
Collection Item
Manuscript document

[Statement regarding slave ship capture]

13 November 1857

Burgess, George F., 1827-1860

Clerical copy of a statement by British commander George F. Burgess recording the capture of the slave ship "Joseph H Record" by HMS "Antelope" on September 3, 1857. The vessel had "191 Slaves on board - and had a crew of Spaniards & Italians - or...

GLC05832.04
Collection Item
Manuscript document

Information regarding slavers, received from the master of the "Jupiter" captured by Her M S "Antelope"

1857 circa

Pike, John W., fl. 1857

Clerical copy of a deposition taken by Lt. John W. Pike, captain of the HMS "Antelope," from the master of the "Jupiter," an illegal slaver captured by the "Antelope" in June of 1857. The statement describes the operation of an illegal slave ship...

GLC05832.05