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The Smuggled Slaves of Trinidad, 1813*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

A. Meredith John
A. Meredith John
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Stanford University
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The Historical Journal , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , June 1988 , pp. 365 - 375
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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2 Order in council for the registration of slaves in Trinidad, 26 Mar. 1812; Public Record Office (P.R.O.), Colonial Office, 295/28, fo. 250–64.

3 Ibid. fo. 251.

4 Ibid. fo. 252.

5 Trinidad Courant and Commercial Gazette, 23 Jan. 1813.

6 Trinidad Council Sessional Papers, Minutes of the Board of Cabildo, 25 08 1812, LondonGoogle Scholar, P.R.O., CO, 298/5, fo. 264.

7 Order in council, 26 Mar. 1812, PRO. CO, 295/28, fo. 250.

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9 As footnote 6 above.

10 Order in council, 26 Mar. 1812, P.R.O. CO, 295/28, fo. 263.

11 P.R.O., CO, 298/5, fo. 210.

12 Trinidad Council Sessional Papers, Minutes of the Board of Cabildo, 31 Aug. 1812, P.R.O., CO, 298/5, fos. 266–7.

13 Bathurst to Munro, 28 July 1812, P.R.O., CO, 296/5, fos. 15–16.

14 Murray to Munro, 7 Sept. 1812, P.R.O., CO, 295/28, fos. 160–1.

15 Munro to Bathurst, 11 Sept. 1812, P.R.O. CO, 295/28, fo. 155.

16 Ibid. fo. 157.

17 James Stephen, ‘Facts and observations as to the execution of the Order in Council of March 26, 1812’ (no date), P.R.O., CO, 295/34, fo. 14.

18 Petition of the Proprietors of Slaves to Governor Munro (no date), P.R.O., CO, 295/31, fos. 65–6.

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22 Ibid. fos. 45–6.

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24 Bathurst to Woodford, 28 Sept. 1813, P.R.O., CO, 296/5, fos. 54–5.

25 Woodford to Bathurst, 14 Sept. 1813, P.R.O., CO, 295/30, fo. 65.

26 Woodford to Bathurst, 4 Jan. 1814, P.R.O., CO, 295/32, fo. 52.

27 Ibid. fo. 55.

28 Bathurst to Woodford, 10 Feb. 1814, P.R.O., CO, 296/5, fos. 73–4.

29 Stephen, ‘Facts and observations’ (no date), P.R.O. CO, 295/34.

30 Jose Maria Chacon, 28 Oct. 1788, reproduced as document no. 470 of the Trinidad and Tobago Historical Society.

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40 Order in Council, 26 Mar. 1812, P.R.O., CO, 295/25, fo. 250.

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45 Ibid.

46 Ibid.

47 Ibid. fo. 334.

48 Marryat, Joseph, ‘More Thoughts, occasioned by two publications which the authors call “An Exposure of some of the numerous Misstatements and Misrepresentations Contained in a Pamphlet, commonly known by the name of Mr. Marryat's Pamphlet, entitled Thoughts &c.” and A Defence of the Bill for the Registration of Slaves’ (London, 1816), p. 135Google Scholar.

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51 Ibid. fo. 333.

52 Report of the Seizure of the Sloops Maria and El Carmen off the coast of Trinidad, September 14, 1813, P.R.O., Customs Office, 34/828:

53 Woodford to Bathurst, 4 Jan. 1814, P.R.O., CO, 295/32, fo. 54.

54 Testimony in the Enquiry of J. Bigge on the 1813 Registration, P.R.O., CO, 295/33, fos 244–59

55 P.R.O., CO, 295/33, fo. 330.

56 Ibid. fo. 335.