Great Britain and British Commonwealth SOUTH AFRICA The following 20 lots were all sent to or from the
Sale No: 43
Lot No:1152
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Various letters including 1833 letter signed by a slave, Rachel, promising to keep the peace or forfeit ten pounds; 1825 certificate from the Collector of Customs certifying that a slave on the Brig "Venus" arrived from Mauritius as the domestic servant of a passenger on board; 1830 letter concerning a slave imported into the colony in 1807 on the Portuguese vessel "Nostra Synhora"; birth certificates for children born to slaves (3); letter reporting the death of a slave; many letters concerning the purchase, sale or transfer of ownership of slaves, etc., many address panels mainly to Major G.J Rogers, Protector of Slaves at Cape Town (no postal markings), an interesting lot. (44).