‘File 5/74 Practice attributed to British authorities of surrendering fugitive slaves’

Name: ‘File 5/74 Practice attributed to British authorities of surrendering fugitive slaves’
Author: Bahrain Political Agency (correspondent) | Native Agent, Trucial Coast, Sharjah (correspondent) | Sir Knight Percy Zachariah Cox (correspondent) | James Orton (correspondent) | Francis Warden (correspondent)

İsim	‘File 5/74 Practice attributed to British authorities of surrendering fugitive slaves’
Yazar	Bahrain Political Agency (correspondent) \| Native Agent, Trucial Coast, Sharjah (correspondent) \| Sir Knight Percy Zachariah Cox (correspondent) \| James Orton (correspondent) \| Francis Warden (correspondent)
Basım Tarihi:	1897/1900
Basım Yeri	- Qatar National Library
Konu	Slave trade \| Treaties \| Slave emancipation \| more \| less
Tür	Kitap
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı	65
Fiziksel Boyutlar	1 volume (65 folios)
Kütüphane:	Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0000ae_ar \| 81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0000ae_en \| IOR/R/15/1/201
Kayıt Numarası	81055%2Fvdc_100000000193.0x0000ae_dlme
Lokasyon	British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Tarih	1897/1900
Notlar	The volume contains correspondence exchanged between the Political Resident in Bushire (Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm J. Meade) and his assistant (John Gaskin), the Political Agent Muscat (Major Christopher Fagan, and from October 1899 Major Percy Cox), and staff of the Government of India. Correspondence begins with an enquiry from the India Office in London to the Government of India, in response to a letter sent to The Timesnewspaper by the Anti-Slavery Society, relating to British authorities’ procedure in surrendering fugitive slaves in Aden and Muscat.The Political Resident and Political Agent Muscat discussed the procedure of assessing and granting manumission. The assistant secretary to the Government of India enquired into the possibility of applying the current practice of manumission at Muscat to the Persian Gulf generally. Internal Residency memorandums between Meade and Gaskin, noted that such measures would further intensify hostile feelings on the part of the Arab shaikhs to the British Government, and it was noted that the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi was seeking closer links with the French Consul at Muscat (folios 17-18). The memorandums also explore the merits of making the children of slaves legally free, but this measure was rejected on the grounds that it would be too expensive to administer.In office notes from early 1899, Fagan described in detail the manumission procedure there, including the Sultan’s role in the process (folios 29-30). It was noted (folios 24) that slaves seeking refuge in Muscat tended to be manumitted, irrespective of whether their case merited manumission according to the Treaty signed with the Sultan of Muscat. In 1899 Meade embarked on a tour of the Arab shaikhdoms, in order to inform the Shaikhs of their obligations in relation to the suppression of the slave trade. The memorandum gives details of the tour made on HMS Lawrenceand the Meade’s meetings with the shaikhs of Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Ra's al-Khaymah and Umm al-Qaywayn, and their respective responses (folios 47-49).In a letter to the Political Resident of February 1900, Cox noted what he regarded as a lack of British Protection in current manumission certificates (folios 53-55). Enclosed with Cox's letter is a specimen manumission certificate issued by the Agency in Muscat (folio 56). Cox noted in his letter that the British Consul at Muscat issueds certificates in his own name, and not in the name of the British government. \| 1 volume (65 folios) \| Correspondence in the volume is arranged in rough chronological order, from the earliest at the front, to the latest at the rear. \| Foliation: The volume is foliated from front cover to inside back cover with pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each front-facing page. \| more \| less
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‘File 5/74 Practice attributed to British authorities of surrendering fugitive slaves’

Yazar Bahrain Political Agency (correspondent) | Native Agent, Trucial Coast, Sharjah (correspondent) | Sir Knight Percy Zachariah Cox (correspondent) | James Orton (correspondent) | Francis Warden (correspondent)

Basım Tarihi 1897/1900

Basım Yeri - Qatar National Library

Konu Slave trade | Treaties | Slave emancipation | more | less

Tür Kitap

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Sayfa Sayısı 65

Fiziksel Boyutlar 1 volume (65 folios)

Kütüphane Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası 81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0000ae_ar | 81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0000ae_en | IOR/R/15/1/201

Kayıt Numarası 81055%2Fvdc_100000000193.0x0000ae_dlme

Lokasyon British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers

Tarih 1897/1900

Notlar The volume contains correspondence exchanged between the Political Resident in Bushire (Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm J. Meade) and his assistant (John Gaskin), the Political Agent Muscat (Major Christopher Fagan, and from October 1899 Major Percy Cox), and staff of the Government of India. Correspondence begins with an enquiry from the India Office in London to the Government of India, in response to a letter sent to The Timesnewspaper by the Anti-Slavery Society, relating to British authorities’ procedure in surrendering fugitive slaves in Aden and Muscat.The Political Resident and Political Agent Muscat discussed the procedure of assessing and granting manumission. The assistant secretary to the Government of India enquired into the possibility of applying the current practice of manumission at Muscat to the Persian Gulf generally. Internal Residency memorandums between Meade and Gaskin, noted that such measures would further intensify hostile feelings on the part of the Arab shaikhs to the British Government, and it was noted that the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi was seeking closer links with the French Consul at Muscat (folios 17-18). The memorandums also explore the merits of making the children of slaves legally free, but this measure was rejected on the grounds that it would be too expensive to administer.In office notes from early 1899, Fagan described in detail the manumission procedure there, including the Sultan’s role in the process (folios 29-30). It was noted (folios 24) that slaves seeking refuge in Muscat tended to be manumitted, irrespective of whether their case merited manumission according to the Treaty signed with the Sultan of Muscat. In 1899 Meade embarked on a tour of the Arab shaikhdoms, in order to inform the Shaikhs of their obligations in relation to the suppression of the slave trade. The memorandum gives details of the tour made on HMS Lawrenceand the Meade’s meetings with the shaikhs of Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Ra's al-Khaymah and Umm al-Qaywayn, and their respective responses (folios 47-49).In a letter to the Political Resident of February 1900, Cox noted what he regarded as a lack of British Protection in current manumission certificates (folios 53-55). Enclosed with Cox's letter is a specimen manumission certificate issued by the Agency in Muscat (folio 56). Cox noted in his letter that the British Consul at Muscat issueds certificates in his own name, and not in the name of the British government. | 1 volume (65 folios) | Correspondence in the volume is arranged in rough chronological order, from the earliest at the front, to the latest at the rear. | Foliation: The volume is foliated from front cover to inside back cover with pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each front-facing page. | more | less

Parçası Olduğu British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers