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Newspaper extract, compensation claims

Newspaper extract, compensation claims

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Newspaper extract from The London Gazette. Notice to potential claimants about making claims for compensation following abolition.

The Abolition, or end, of slavery happened in 1834.
The slave owners and their supporters accepted the loss of their property (slaves) in return for compensation (money) from the government. £20 million was paid to slave owners by the British government, as compensation for this loss. Slave owners in Bristol received over £500,000 (worth about £25 million today); a vast sum at that time.

Date: 15 July 1834

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Newspaper extract, brown sugar

Newspaper extract, brown sugar

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Newspaper extract from The London Gazette , which reads:

The Average Price of Brown or Muscavado Sugar…is twenty-eight shillings and eleven pence halfpenny.

Date: 4 July 1834

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Sunday school teachers in British Guiana

Sunday school teachers in British Guiana

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Sunday school teachers in British Guiana (now Guyana), in South America.

From On Land and Sea – on Green and River a book by Henry W Case.

Date: 19th century

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School for Amerindians

School for Amerindians

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School for Amerindians in British Guiana (now Guyana), in South America.

From On Land and Sea – on Green and River a book by Henry W Case.

Date: 19th century

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Arawak Indians

Arawak Indians

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Arawak Indians, British Guiana (now Guyana), in South America.

From On Land and Sea – on Green and River a book by Henry W Case.

Date: 19th century

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Chinese meeting-house

Chinese meeting-house

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Chinese meeting-house, British Guiana (now Guyana), in South America.

Chinese people were bought to British Guiana as indentured labourers and were given land to settle as their indenture period ended.This is a church of a small Chinese Christian group.

From On Land and Sea – on Green and River a book by Henry W Case.

Date: 19th century

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Gathering bananas

Gathering bananas

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Gathering bananas, British Guiana (now Guyana), in South America.

From On Land and Sea – on Green and River a book by Henry W Case.

Date: 19th century

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Teachers, British Guiana

Teachers, British Guiana

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Teachers, British Guiana (now Guyana), in South America.

From On Land and Sea – on Green and River a book by Henry W Case.

Date: 19th century

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An ex-slave

An ex-slave

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An ex-slave, British Guiana (now Guyana), in South America.

From On Land and Sea – on Green and River a book by Henry W Case.

Date: 19th century

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A former slave woman

A former slave woman

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A former slave woman, British Guiana (now Guyana), in South America.

From On Land and Sea – on Green and River a book by Henry W Case.

Date: 19th century

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