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Trade Book of the Sloop Rhode Island, Dec. 1748-July 1749

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Title	Trade Book of the Sloop Rhode Island, Dec. 1748-July 1749
Collection title	Trade Book of the Sloop Rhode Island, Dec. 1748-July 1749
Item ID	nyhs_riab_v-02_002_color.jpg
Date of original	1748; 1749
Creator	Rhode Island (Ship)
Contributors	Livingston, Philip, 1716-1778 Lindsey, David, Captain James, Peter, sea-captain
Institution	New-York Historical Society
Description	Account book, 1748 Dec.-1749 Jul., kept aboard the sloop Rhode Island while on a voyage to Africa to procure slaves for her owners, Philip Livingston and sons, New York City. Peter James was shipmaster. Included are accounts for the purchase of slaves, gold, and other goods; for sales of rum and other provisions to the crew, various expenses, the purchase of provisions, an inventory of goods delivered to Captain David Lindsey, a record of the deaths of 37 slaves, etc. The trading was carried out on various locations between Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast.
Subject	Slave trade--New York (State)--New York Slave trade--Africa, West Slave traders--New York (State)--New York Slavery--New York (State)--New York Africa, West--Commerce--New York (State)--New York New York (N.Y.)--Commerce--Africa, West New York (N.Y.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Material type of original	Account books
Publisher of digital	New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West New York, NY 10024 212-873-3400
Rights management	This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial and other uses of the item are prohibited without prior written permission from the New-York Historical Society. Please visit the New-York Historical Society's Rights and Reproductions Department web page at http://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions for more information.

Title	Upper cover
Collection title	Trade Book of the Sloop Rhode Island, Dec. 1748-July 1749
Item ID	nyhs_riab_v-02_002_color.jpg
Date of original	1748; 1749
Institution	New-York Historical Society
Publisher of digital	New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West New York, NY 10024 212-873-3400
Rights management	This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial and other uses of the item are prohibited without prior written permission from the New-York Historical Society. Please visit the New-York Historical Society's Rights and Reproductions Department web page at http://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions for more information.

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