Catalogue description Despatch from P Bonham, 'governor ad interim' of Surinam [Suriname], dated 30 March...
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Reference: | CO 278/17 |
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Description: |
Despatch from P Bonham, 'governor ad interim' of Surinam [Suriname], dated 30 March 1812, in response to request for information about the population. Bonham states that he has made enquiries of the various ministers of religion. It has been ascertained that no church registers of any description have been kept, but the following information has been provided:
The governor further states that he cannot find that any record has been kept of births or deaths of enslaved persons, or that any laws or regulations have been made for the amelioration or instruction of the slaves. Nor does it seem that any slaves have been seized as prize or otherwise since the enactment of the British legislation to abolish the slave trade. He lists the total population as follows:
Following the governor's despatch there is a list of names of 981 white heads of families, together with the numbers of individuals in their families and the numbers of their slaves. There then follow population [census] returns collected as required by the governor's proclamation of 17 October 1811. The 200 returns in this volume are for the white population and their slaves, and each return gives:
Some of the forms have been completed in English; but the majority are in Dutch. The returns continue in CO 278/18. |
Date: | 1811 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | Dutch and English |
Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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