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|a MMS. Box 208. File 1834-1842, Sierra Leone. File: 1837-1842, Odd papers. |
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|a Item: 14. Sub-item 4. |2 SOAS. Order with reference |
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|a Petition to John Russell, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for War and Colonies, &c. &c. &c |h [electronic resource] |b The petition of the undersigned maroon inhabitants of Her Majesty's Colony of Sierra Leone [in reference to the crime of murder]. |
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|a [S.l.] : |b [holographic manuscript], |c 1839. |
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|a In the hand of the copy of the related Letter from N. Mcdonald, Secretary, [and] Momodoo Bundoo [Mahomadu Bundu], Chief of Fourodagoo [Furadugu], Freetown, Sierra Leone, Secretary's Office, 19th October 1839 |
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|a Dated: 22 November 1839. |
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|a A Maroon was an escaped slave who lived in free settlements, or, the descendants of such a person. The word comes from the French, 'marron', meaning 'fugitive' but also often referring to skin colour of escaped African slaves. |
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|a Among the petitioners are Jonathan Thorpe, Senior; Alexander Fowler; Thomas B. Samuel; Gol. Harding; John Bucknor; J. W. Brown; William Bucknor; William Bucknor, Senior; Thomas Morgan; Jonathan Taylor; Charles Chambers; Henry Bonard; William Harding; Alexandor Bucknor; Robert Scarlett; David Bucknor; Thomas Caulker; Edward Sergeant; James Cummings; Thomas Williams; Samuel Johnson; James M. Burnett, Senior; Samuel H. Bucknor; Jonas F. Gray; Peter Campbell; William Harding; William Cope; J. G. Spilsbury; John C. Harding; Charles Taylor; Samuel Williams; John Morgan O'Connor; Henry Goodwin; W. H. Thorpe; Samuel Sergeant; John Miller; J. R. Bonard; Charles Cope; Robert Goodwin; Joseph Goodwin; James Saville; Samuel W. Gray; J. R. Harding; Jonathan Cummings; William Jarretts Samuel; William Bucknor, Junior; Jonathan Conolly; Charles W. Samuel; Henry Fowler; James W. Smith; Joseph Senior; Thomas F. Cuthbert; Robert B. Williams; W.V. Chambers; James R. Williams; G. H. Saville; and John H. Spence. |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |b London : |c SOAS University of London, |c Special Collections, |d 2023. |f (SOAS Digital Collections) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|a Special Collections. |
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|a Sierra Leone. |
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|a Fugitive slaves. |
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|a Murder. |
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|a Sierra Leone |b Western Area |c Western Area Urban District |d Freetown. |
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|a SOAS Digital Collections. |
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|a Methodist Missionary Society Archives. |
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|a Sierra Leone Collection. |
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|a GBR |b SDC |c Methodist Missionary Society Archives |
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|u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/MMS0000061/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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|a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/MM/S0/00/00/61/00001/00001thm.jpg |
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|a Methodist Missionary Society Archives |
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