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CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING SIR BARTLE FRERE'S MISSION TO THE EAST COAST OF AFRICA 1872-73. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty 1873.
London, Harrison and Sons, (1873). Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty 1873. Bound with a Report on the Royal Commission on Fugitive Slaves, H.M.S.O., 1876. Folio, 330 x 205 mm, 13 x 8¼ inches, folding coloured map in Volume I, pages iv, 156; lxxxv, 251 including index to Volume II, bound in half calf over marbled sides, gilt rules to spine, contrasting gilt lettered morocco labels. Head of spine and corners slightly worn, marbled paper rubbed and missing a couple of small pieces on lower cover, lower label slightly worn, light foxing to first few pages, occasional foxing within, map lightly foxed. Binding tight and firm. A very good copy. Sir Bartle Frere (1815-1884) was one of the leading 'Indian' statesmen of the Victorian age. He spent most of his career in India and rose to become the legendary Governor of Bombay during the 1860s. He was a leading exponent against slavery and in 1872 was sent by the foreign office to East Africa and in particular to Zanzibar and Muscat to negotiate treaties for the suppression of the slave trade. The correspondence in Part I concerns this mission and the map shows the places visited by Frere in the course of it. The Royal Commission on Fugitive Slaves was appointed to 'inquire into and report upon the nature and extent of such international obligations as are applicable to questions as to the reception of Fugitive Slaves by our ships in the territorial waters of foreign States, and into all instructions from time to time issued to the Commanders of our ships relative thereto...'. Part of the report consists of accounts of slavery persisting in various countries, in particular in Brazil, in the Persian Gulf and East Africa. Images sent on request.
Offered for GBP 450.00 = appr. US$ 668.25 by: Roger Middleton - Book number: 4289