Slave trade

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Scope and Contents Family correspondence (110 letters), 1762-1807. Letters mainly about Prof. Andrew Dalzel [also known as Dalzell, or Dalziel] and Archibald Dalzel. Includes an index in the box. 96 letters of Archibald Dalzel to his brother Andrew Dalzel; 2 letters Archibald Dalzel to his brother William Dalzel; 1 letter Archibald Dalzel to his sister Elizabeth; 3 letters...

Scope and Contents This file contains copies from the Public Record Office, of correspondence from H. H. Johnston, HM Commissioner for Central Africa, Colonial Office.Folder 1:- Clement H Hill: Memo. Importance of East Coast of Africa to Britain, 20 October 1884. - Letter H H. Johnston to Cecil Rhodes. Refutes all accusations, 8 October 1893. - Letter H H Johnston to Ear of Roseberry. Encloses his letter to Rhodes (copy), 8 October 1893. Asks for leave of absence after...

Scope and Contents This is a manuscript notebook by Rear Admiral George John Malcolm, dated 1878-1881 and containing draft correspondence, speeches and descriptive accounts relating principally to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden ahead of the British occupation of Egypt in 1882. Since 1873, Malcolm had been in the Turkish services as Pasha, and was employed as Director General of the Abolition of the Slave Trade and Judge of the Slave Courts. Just before this, he had commanded anti-slavery British naval...