Record

Document Reference	Bu 45/126
Title	Letter from A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to Lord John Russell [later 1st Earl Russell], Foreign Office, London; 15 Sep 1859.
Date	15 September 1859
Extent	1 f
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that Marshall Serrano has accepted the Captain-Generalship of Cuba; he [Buchanan] hopes that he will do all he can to suppress the Slave Trade in Cuba, but fears that, as his wife is Cuban he will tolerate the trade as his predecessors have done.
Term	slavery, slave trade

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6383	Serrano y Dominguez; Francisco (1810-1885); Duke de la Torre; Spanish general and politician	1810-1885
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878