1837 Nov 1. Donald McGregor of Harbour Island by Nassau, Bahamas, to Robert Stokes offering as his credentials that he had been known to Wilberforce, …
1837; Gale Group;
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C 8. pp 37-42 1837 Nov 1. Donald McGregor of Harbour Island by Nassau, Bahamas, to Robert Stokes offering as his credentials that he had been known to Wilberforce, the Hoares, Lord Sligo and Glenelg and others, claiming that he had spent 17 years in the West Indies and had been one of the first six special magistrates sent to Jamaica. He reports the wreck of an American slaver sailing under the Portuguese flag off his island on October 27, with the loss of about 150 slaves. He had imprisoned the crew of the vessel and taken the surviving slaves into his own protection until he could transfer them to the Governor of Nassau. The American consul refused to recognise thecrew as American citizens. He reports the capture or wreck of five such vessels that year off the Bahamas. The present slaver was the 'Invincible' bound for Cuba from the Cape Verde Islands. The slaves rescued from these vessels were sent to other islands as indentured labour. He offers to communicate with the Society on the apprenticeship system, commenting on the difficulty caused to the special magistrates by the vague terms of the legislation. Finally he states that he had been persecuted for carrying out his duty.
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