Publication Date
1854/1854
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Type
kitap
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
4
Physical Dimensions
4 folios
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100024051557.0x00005c_ar | 81055/vdc_100024051557.0x00005c_en | IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 345-348
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100024051557.0x00005c_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1854/1854
Notes
The letter and its enclosures relate to the disappearance from the Honourable Company’s steam frigate
Acbarof a coal trimmer and runaway slave, to his former home in Bushire. Kemball writes that the case raises questions over the status of slaves who abscond from the place where they were enslaved, before coming under British protection, then returning to the place where they were enslaved. The following enclosures are included with Kemball’s letter:1. A letter (folio 347) from Lieutenant W Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company’s steamer
Acbar, to Kemball, dated 25 March 1854. Balfour’s letter is a report of the slave’s disappearance from his vessel. Balfour reports that the man is being held prisoner in a house in Bushire, and like most of the men of African origin in his crew, is most probably a runaway slave.2. Letter no.100 of 1854 (folio 348) from Kemball to Balfour, dated 27 March 1854. Kemball writes that the runaway slave in question is now in the custody of the Police Master in Bushire, and will be made over to whatever party that Balfour wishes. Kemball also writes that the man was not imprisoned in Bushire, but had returned to his wife and child who resided in the town, and had expressed his wish to be discharged from the
Acbar’screw so that he could remain with his family. | 4 folios | more | less
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British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers
