Robert Bostock documents concerning the slave trade, 1810-1813.

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Robert Bostock documents concerning the slave trade, 1810-1813.

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Five manuscript documents concerning Robert Bostock's involvement in the recently outlawed slave trade. The earliest is the November 1810 agreement between Bostock, Mason and five "Gallinas gentlemen" that allowed Bostock and Mason to establish their slave factory "on the point of Bance Island." The remaining documents are all connected to the 1813 raid on the factory by the Royal Navy. These include the Qui Tam writ by John Edward Browne describing the capture and setting forth the Crown's charges; an abjuration of the slave trade by a Mrs. Boy; a more detailed abjuration document signed by Phillipa Hayes and John Stirling Mills that includes a confession of their participation in the trade; and a letter to Mills from "Captain Roach" regarding the seizure of the slaves and his unsettled business with Bostock.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Kitty (Ship)

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Hayes, Philippa.

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Browne, John Edward.

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Bostock, Robert, 1784-1847.

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Robert Bostock was a Liverpool trader who continued to be involved in the slave trade after its abolition by Parliament in 1807. His factory on Bunce Island was raided by H.M.S. Thais in 1813 and 233 slaves were seized. Also captured were Bostock, his partner Charles Mason, and the captain of an American slave-ship, the "Kitty," which was to have smuggled the contraband slaves to Charleston, South Carolina. From the description of Robert Bostock documents concerning the slave trade, ...

Mills, John Stirling.

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Mason, Charles, 1810-1879

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Thais (Ship)

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Roach, Captain.

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