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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 2, 2024 | Bonhams | Online | Travel & Exploration | 167 | $****** - ****** | Two documents relating to John Kirk"s efforts to end slavery in Zanzibar |
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68 x 51.5 cm (26.77 x 20.28 in)
Sir John Kirk (1832-1922); thence by descent to the present owner.
ZANZIBAR, SLAVERY AND SIR JOHN KIRK
Two documents relating to John Kirk"s efforts to end slavery in Zanzibar, comprising;
Testimonial addressed to Sir John Kirk [not named] from the "British Indians residing at Zanzibar on the occasion of your leaving us...", thanking him for his application of British Rule on the island, and stating that "we have long since understood and appreciated all your action in regard to slavery, and we have come fully to see your firmness in allowing no vestige of slave-holding to exist among us has proved the means of turning capital into legitimate channels thus advancing the trade of the country and opening new sources of wealth...", thanking him for championing improvement of education amongst the population, but also to let the British Government know how many subjects are still "without the means of procuring any proper education", MANUSCRIPT, on paper, black ink, illuminated with large opening initial and border decorations on two margins in blue and red ink, with the signatures of approximately 64 Indians in 3 columns beneath the testimonial, approximately 400 names in 6 columns on the verso, short tears ands small loss at upper margin, 680 x 515mm., "Rec.ed London, Jan. 15 1881"
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society Testimonial of thanks issued to Sir John Kirk for his part at the Brussels Conference on Anti-Slavery (Nov. 1889-July 1890), noting that "your previous experience in Zanzibar, where, in the face of almost insuperable difficulties you succeeded in obtaining from the Sultan edicts against the Slave Trade, qualified you to act, as one [alongside Lord Vivian] of the Plenipotentiaries of England" at the Conference, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM , in black, red, blue and green ink with some embellishments in gold, 500 x 390mm., signed Edmund Sturge (Chairman) and Charles H. Allen (Treasurer), of the Anti-Slavery Society , 5 Sept. 1890 (2)
