Reports Received from the Governor's Committee Appointed to Sound Out the Planters Concerning the Ceding of a Free Day Off to the Laborers, 1840. Records Relating Directly to Slavery and Emancipation The islands had originally been administered by the Danish West India and Guinea Company, 1672-1754, succeeded by the Danish Crown, 1754-1917, except for periods of British occupation in 18-1815. The United States purchased the islands from Denmark by treaty signed August 14, 1916, ratified by the Senate, September 7, 1916. These records were established in the Department of the Navy, effective upon the formal transfer of sovereignty over the Danish West Indies from Denmark to the United States, March 28, 1917, under authority of an act of Ma(39 Stat. RG 55, Records of the Government of the Virgin Islands Weekly Returns USS Atlanta, 1858-1859, vol.Press Copies of letters sent, 1861 - 1869, box 1.Letters Received and Other Records, 1854-1872.Register of Letters Received, 1858-1872.agents for liberated Africans in Liberia, 1860-65. The Secretary of Interior accumulated much correspondence related to a variety of issuesĪnd subjects surrounding the suppression of the trade from the President, Congress, various executive departments, 1858-72, and from U.S. In 1861, the Interior Department assumed responsibility of administering the anti-slave trade laws and those providing for the colonization of recaptured and free Africans in Liberia and other countries. Several laws were passed in the 19th century for the suppression of the African slave trade and for support of the colonization of recaptured and free Africans.
Records Relating to the Suppression of the African Slave Trade and to Negro Colonization, 1854-72 RG 48 Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interiorīy an act of Congress, March 3, 1849, the Department of Interior consolidated in one department the General Land Office (under the Secretary of Treasury), Commissioner of Indian Affairs and Office of the Commissioner of Pensions (under the Secretary of War), Patent Office (under the Secretary of State), Commissioner of Public buildings, and assumed the jurisdiction over census taking, marshals and court officers, charitable and penal institutions in the District of Columbia. They show name, tonnage, and nationality of vessel date of arrival name of master, name (usually Christian only), age, sex of slave name and address of consignee and name of owner. Records are arranged chronologically by date of arrival and thereunder by name of vessel.In particular, the 1807 law prohibited the transportation of slaves after 1808, and section 9 required that all vessels of 40 tons or more carrying slaves in the coastwise trade file duplicate manifests (ports of origin and destination) showing name, age and description of each slave, the name and residence of exporter and consignee, and pledge that the slave had not been imported after 1807. The service assisted other agencies in the enforcement of the slave trading laws that were passed between 1794 to 1820. RG 36 Records of the United States Customs Service, 1745 - 1982Ĭongress created the Custom Service on Jand made it a part of the Department of Treasury (September 1789). RG 29 Records of the Bureau of the Census (crop schedules) RG 366: Records of Civil War Special Agencies of the Treasury Department.RG 217: Records of the United States General Accounting.RG 206: Records of the Solicitor of the Treasury.RG 76: Records of Boundary and Claims Commissions and Arbitration.RG 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration.RG 60: General Records of the Department of Justice.Index to United States Documents Relating to Foreign Affairs 1828-1861.RG 59: General Records of the Department of State.RG 55: Records of the Government of the Virgin Islands.RG 48: Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior.RG 36: Records of the United States Customs Service, 1745 - 1982.RG 29: Records of the Bureau of the Census (crop schedules).Some of the records are microfilmed, and have been noted.įor further insight, see Walter B. It identifies the record group and series, with brief descriptions and locations. The following is information found in the records of the National Archives and Records Administration.
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