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Title
Portuguese Schooner Tamega
Collection

Brazil Miscellaneous Collections

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1751 - 1888
Date Created: 1845-11-08
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc MG 230
Topics
Slave trade -- Brazil
Slave trade -- Portugal
Slavery -- Angola
Slavery -- Brazil
Slavery -- Law and legislation
Slavery -- Portugal
Genres
Correspondence
orders
Notes
Content: Includes instructions to the captain of the Portuguese Schooner Tamega from the Secretary of Marine and Portuguese Overseas. The captain is instructed to stop and search every ship on the High Seas or in ports which he suspects of slave traffic, deal with their captains, and freeg illegally transported slaves.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
Portuguese
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11447971
MSS Unit ID: 20549
Archives EAD ID: 3288871
Accession number: SCM 85-31
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0a882a40-4b48-0133-bb9c-00505686d14e
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1845: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Portuguese Schooner Tamega" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1845. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6c3b0b70-4e8f-0133-9158-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Portuguese Schooner Tamega" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6c3b0b70-4e8f-0133-9158-00505686a51c

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1845). Portuguese Schooner Tamega Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6c3b0b70-4e8f-0133-9158-00505686a51c

Wikipedia Citation

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Portuguese Schooner Tamega