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Fugitive Slaves - Turks and Caicos Islands

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

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Haiti : miscellaneous collections

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Fugitive Slaves - Turks and Caicos Islands
Collection

Haiti : miscellaneous collections

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1821 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc MG 119
Topics
Haiti -- History
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Content: Signed instructions, with attachments, from C. Rawley, Rear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the British fleet in Jamaica, to William Wiseman on a mission to Haiti to negotiate the return of fugitive slaves who fled there from salt ponds in the Turks Islands. The attachments, a file of five contemporary copies, include three letters from Daniel Basome, British agent in the Turks Islands; an affidavit from Joseph Frith, a resident of these islands dispatched to Haiti to identify the fugitives, "having a personal knowledge of them; " and a brief letter from Haiti's president Jean-Pierre Boyer, declaring any individual on Haitian soil automatically free and beyond pursuit. 6 pieces.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
French
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16542740
MSS Unit ID: 20921
Other local Identifier: SCM88-77
Archives EAD ID: 1703583
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 010715a0-d97d-0137-f1fb-045cf1f7e258
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1821: Created
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2020: Found by you!
  • 2021

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Fugitive Slaves - Turks and Caicos Islands" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1821. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/afdc5490-e588-0130-95ee-58d385a7bbd0

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Fugitive Slaves - Turks and Caicos Islands" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 24, 2020. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/afdc5490-e588-0130-95ee-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1821). Fugitive Slaves - Turks and Caicos Islands Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/afdc5490-e588-0130-95ee-58d385a7bbd0

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Fugitive Slaves - Turks and Caicos Islands