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Slaves, Berbice and Demerara : the minutes of evidence taken before His Majesty's Privy Council, in the matter of the Berbice and Demerara manumission Order in Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Great Britain. Privy Council.
- Series:
- Slavery, abolition & social justice.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Guyana.
- Enslaved persons.
- Enslaved persons--Legal status, laws, etc--West Indies, British.
- Slavery--Government policy--West Indies, British.
- Slavery.
- Slavery--Government policy--Great Britain.
- Orders in council.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (83 pages)
- Other Title:
- Minutes of evidence before Privy Council on Demerara and Berbice manumission
- Place of Publication:
- [London : s.n., 1828]
- Summary:
- Testimony from proprietors of estates and slaves in Berbice and Demerara, at hearings to determine methods to compensate slave owners should emancipation occur. The hearings examined in detail factors affecting a slave's value, such as physical strength, mental acquirements, character, type of work in which the slave engaged.
- Notes:
- Cover title.
- "Return to an address of the honourable the House of Commons, dated 6th March 1828"
- "Council Office, 7th March 1828"
- Submitted by C.C. Greville.
- "Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 18 April 1828"
- At foot of cover: 261.
- Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2013 (Slavery, abolition & social justice)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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