Slave trade -- Africa -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Charles George Gordon letter
Digital Record
Identifier: MSSSC2312
Dates:
1877 August 3
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Charles George Gordon letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321686]
Identifier: MSS SC 2312
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter (2 pages) dated 3 August 1877 in Dara, Darfur, and addressed to "dear Dixon." At the time, Gordon was serving as governor of the Equatorial provinces of Central Africa, the Sudan, and Egypt and was actively engaged in military actions to suppress the slave trade. He outlines his plans for dealing with the forces of the those dealing in slaves.
Dates:
1877 August 3
Captain George Cannon ship's journal
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233603254]
Identifier: MSS 7999
Scope and Contents
Contains a log book of the ship Iris, a slave ship in the late 18th early 19th centuries. The daily entries of the voyage of the ship Iris include daily entries detailing the weather, daily tasks onboard the ship, and observations made.
Dates:
1798-1820