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Browsing 209 item(s) in: Slavery and manumission manuscripts of Timbuktu

	Doc No.:	Summary:	Date:	Subject:

1.	MHT 98	Marriage certificate. Three marriage contracts ranging in dates from 1895-1901.	1901

2.	MHT 97	Letter to Ahmad ibn Umar about ownership dispute over a female slave, requesting a judgment.		Ownership of slaves; Property disputes

3.	MHT 201	Account of inventory and distribution of the estate of the deceased whose name does not appear on the document.

4.	MHT 1	Declaration of a list of slaves with their individual values as part of inheritance left for the son of Ibrahim ibn al-Fa, with confirmation of receipt.		Inheritance; Slaves; Africa; sources and documents

5.	MHT 99	Letter to [Abd al-Rahman] requesting return of sender's slave with the letter carrier. Verso contains the reply to Ibn Abu al-Abbas communicating that the slave has been married to a free woman and stating...		Ownership of slaves

6.	MHT 20	Change of appraisal of value of slave from 22 to 30 gold weights due to her giving birth to a child.

7.	MHT 199	Account of inventory and distribution of the estate of the deceased -- appears to be a portion of a document.	1866

8.	MHT 107	Addressee: Ahmad Baba ibn Sidab al-Abbas. Several subjects.

9.	MHT 105	Slaves as collateral for a loan. Verso contains an inscription.		Slaves as collateral

10.	MHT 100	Instructions issued by slaveowner that his female slave should be set free after his death, and that she should not be considered as part of his estate.

11.	MHT 96	Letter to […] Sayyid Ahmad and Muhammad ibn Sayyid. Tells about money collected following death of a woman, with an account as to amount left after deduction of debts. Verso contains names and addresses....

12.	MHT 206	Account of inventory and distribution of the estate of the deceased whose name does not appear on the document.

13.	MHT 205

14.	MHT 202	Record of various people taking into their charge slaves and other forms of property.

15.	MHT 203	Record of various people taking into their charge slaves and other forms of property.

16.	MHT 103	Letter from someone asking for pardon, and requesting permission to have a slave enter into a marriage contract with another one. Author's name cropped. Addressee: Uthman Sishi. Verso of letter contains...

17.	MHT 104	Slaves as gifts from father to daughter	1883 or 1884	Slaves as gifts

18.	MHT 95	Letter with an item of clothing as a gift.

19.	MHT 106	Letter requesting addressee to buy a female slave for the sender and deduct her cost and all other expenses from the land's harvest. Verso is letter from same sender disagreeing with terms of purchase....

20.	MHT 210	Account of inventory and distribution of the estate of the deceased, Muhammad al-Madan.	1866

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