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[Employment contract for the Sloop Louisa]
Contract Labor--Rhode Island--Newport; Merchant ships--United States; Slave ships
Contract for employment on the Sloop Louisa, "bound from the Port of Newport, Rhode Island to Africa & from thence to Charleston and then back to said Newport." Includes the name of ship Master Samuel Taggart, first mate Benjamin Weaver, second...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Letter from Phillips & Gardner to Mess. Gardner & Dean]
Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston; Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport; Tobacco industry--South Carolina--Charleston
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] regarding payment to Captain Edward Tayer and state taxes on "negroes held in posession [sic] on the first day of October 1805."
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Account of Disbursements on Board the Sloop Louisa on a Voige to Affrica kept by Benjamin Weaver Master
Merchant ships--United States; Slave trade--Guinea; Guinea--Commerce
Expense record of Captain Benjamin Weaver aboard the Sloop Louisa in Riopongo [probably Rio Pongo, Guinea], listing purchases of provisions and slaves dated December 22, 1805 through February 26, 1806.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Mess. Gardner & Dean to Phillips & Gardner
Merchant ships--United States; Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston
Expense record of Gardner & Dean relating to the shipping of commodities and slave trade between August, 1805, and January, 1806. Includes mention of the Sloop Louisa, Brig Brandywine, and Schooner Flora.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Peter]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Peter, born September 11, 1805, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Mary' belonging to New York City boarding house keeper Benajah Abrahams.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of female children Bet and Sarah]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Sarah, born February 17, 1804, and Bet, born July 17, 1802, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Sarah' belonging to New York City merchant Thomas Arden.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain female child named Maria]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Maria, born August 8, 1806, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Sarah' belonging to New York City merchant Thomas Arden.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a black female child named Rachel]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of a 'black female child Rachel,' born April 10, 1805, belonging to New York City merchant Isaac Clason.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of William a black male child]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of William, born October 22, 1805, to a 'Slave Betty' belonging to New York City attorney at law Samuel Cowdrey.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain female child named Simme]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Simme, born July 8, 1805, to a 'Mullatto [sic] Woman Servant named Rachel' belonging to New York City sexton Samuel DeGroodt.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named John Meyer]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of John Meyer, born January 16, 1805, to a 'Mulatto Woman Servant named Sarah Meyer' belonging to New York City coal merchant William Dodge.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named William Charles]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of William Charles, born December 20, 1805, to a 'Woman Slave Named Sarah' belonging to New York City measurer William Dodge.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of male child named William Carver]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of William Carver, born February 28, 1805, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Jude' belonging to New York City butcher Alexander Fink. Signed by John Minure.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Peter]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Peter, born November 5, 1805, to a 'Mulatto womannamed Betty,' formerly belonging to New York City shipwright George James.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of Stephen, a male child]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Stephen, born February 18, 1805, to a 'negro girl called Hannah' belonging to New York City merchant John Lawrence.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named John]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of John, born March 1, 1805, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Phillis' belonging to New York City grocer John O'Neale.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain female child named Betty]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Betty, born February 14, 1805, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Jane' belonging to farmer Andrew McGown of Harlaem [Harlem], New York City.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain female child named Hannah]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Hannah, born April 30, 1805, to a 'Mulatto Woman servant named Dinah' belonging to New York City grocer Anthony Trepan [Trappan].
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

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