Robert Bostock documents concerning the slave trade, 1810-1813

Five manuscript documents concerning Robert Bostock's involvement in the recently outlawed slave trade. The earliest is the November 1810 agreement between Bostock, Mason and five "Gallinas gentlemen" that allowed Bostock and Mason to establish their slave factory "on the point of Bance Island." The remaining documents are all connected to the 1813 raid on the factory by the Royal Navy. These include the Qui Tam writ by John Edward Browne describing the capture and setting forth the Crown's charges; an abjuration of the slave trade by a Mrs. Boy; a more detailed abjuration document signed by Phillipa Hayes and John Stirling Mills that includes a confession of their participation in the trade; and a letter to Mills from "Captain Roach" regarding the seizure of the slaves and his unsettled business with Bostock