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Suppression of the slave trade & Iceland.- Malcolm (George John, Rear-Admiral) [Journal of suppression of the slave trade and a voyage to Iceland], autograph manuscript, in English and German, 1879-81.

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Suppression of the slave trade & Iceland.- Malcolm (George John, Rear-Admiral, 1830-84) [Journal of suppression of the slave trade and a voyage to Iceland], autograph manuscript, in English and German, 141pp. excluding blanks, reverse entries, original roan-backed boards, rubbed, corners bumped, tear at head of spine, folio, 11th April 1879 - 8th November 1881.

⁂ Suppression of the slave trade. "To the Governor of Sawakin [port in north eastern Sudan on the Red Sea] the slaves which were landed from the Sambook Alone are to be made free & disposed of according to the terms the convention of the 4th August 1877... . I wish you to give the slaves free papers... ." After Malcolm retired from active service in 1873, he entered the Turkish services as Pasha and was employed at Constantinople as Director General of the Abolition of the Slave Trade and Judge of the Slave Courts.

Iceland. "Start on 21 July for Thingwalla - Lunch at Seljadal 50 feet high palajerite cliffs. Then the 12 miles over the horrid tuffa lava of Mossfiels - plover & curlew - a splendid view of the lake near Skalabreeka."

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Suppression of the slave trade & Iceland.- Malcolm (George John, Rear-Admiral, 1830-84) [Journal of suppression of the slave trade and a voyage to Iceland], autograph manuscript, in English and German, 141pp. excluding blanks, reverse entries, original roan-backed boards, rubbed, corners bumped, tear at head of spine, folio, 11th April 1879 - 8th November 1881.

⁂ Suppression of the slave trade. "To the Governor of Sawakin [port in north eastern Sudan on the Red Sea] the slaves which were landed from the Sambook Alone are to be made free & disposed of according to the terms the convention of the 4th August 1877... . I wish you to give the slaves free papers... ." After Malcolm retired from active service in 1873, he entered the Turkish services as Pasha and was employed at Constantinople as Director General of the Abolition of the Slave Trade and Judge of the Slave Courts.

Iceland. "Start on 21 July for Thingwalla - Lunch at Seljadal 50 feet high palajerite cliffs. Then the 12 miles over the horrid tuffa lava of Mossfiels - plover & curlew - a splendid view of the lake near Skalabreeka."

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