Society for the Conversion &c. of Negroe Slaves

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Title

Society for the Conversion &c. of Negroe Slaves.

Production

Great Britain, ca. 1820.

Physical Description

1 seal : wax, with paper backing ; 6.4 cm in diameter

Notes

Title from the seal's inscription. The seal also bears the date 1793, the year of the Society's founding.

Biographical / Historical Note

The Society for the Conversion and Religious Instruction and Education of the Negro Slaves in the British West India Islands was chartered in 1794 to administer the charitable fund willed by Hon. Robert Boyle in 1691. In 1823 the society was incorporated and the name changed to the Incorporated Society for the Conversion and Religious Instruction and Education of the Negroe Slaves in the British West India Islands. Cf. Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time (entry 85878).

Format

Other

Language

English

Added to Catalog

December 09, 2021

Subjects

Society for the Conversion and Religious Instruction and Education of the Negro Slaves in the British West India Islands.

Christian education > West Indies, British > Societies, etc.

Enslaved persons > West Indies, British > Religion.

Genre/Form

Seals (marks)