Linda, I have no idea; I forwarded all I received. Check the
web-site....Marika
Marika Sherwood, 13 Church Road, Oare, Kent ME13 0QA
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ali, Linda" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: Document: Certificate of African Manumission
> Marika - how old is this document - it could be useful for my piece on
> abolition and ending of slavery. Linda
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marika Sherwood [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 29 October 2002 18:31
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fw: Re: Document: Certificate of African Manumission
>
>
> From: Marc Gilbert
> Department of History
> North Georgia College and State University
> mailto:[log in to unmask]
>
> Several years ago in Tanzania I was shown for sale at very little cost a
> xeroxed copy of what was said to be the last certificate of manumission
> issued by the German colonial government in German East Africa. The
> implication was that no more slaves needed to be manumitted or required
> proof of manumission. So in its way, it marks the end of the slave trade
in
> East Africa insofar as the German government was concerned. As little
> documentation for the East African slave trade exists, I thought that some
> might find it useful in the classroom or in other applications. As the
> document is quite old and the product of a defunct colonial (and imperial)
> regime, I do not see any copyright issues involved in its distribution.
>
> Anyone interested in a gratis jpg. copy of the document can e-mail me
> directly at [log in to unmask] This is the only form in which I can
provide
> it.
>
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