Notes on inconsistent slave inventory reports from a merchant ship [possibly the Brig Othello] in Isle delas [Isle De Los, Sierra Leone] and Annamaboe [Anomabu, Ghana].
Rhode Island--Commerce; South Carolina--Commerce; Sierra Leone--Commerce
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mess. Gardner & Dean [of Newport, Rhode Island] relaying information about the Ship Mary in Islands D'Loss [Isle De Los, Sierra Leone].
Slave trade--Sierra Leone; Merchant ships--United States
Expense record of Benjamin Weaver aboard the Sloop Louisa in Islands Deloss [Isle De Los, Sierra Leone], giving sums for the purchase of 70 slaves "on the coast of Africa" and other expenses.
The collection includes three volumes, correspondence, and documents, 1768-1803, related to English abolitionist and reformer Granville Sharp. The first volume contains copies of letters and related documents, 1768-1773, sent to Granville Sharp,...
The back of the postcard has a message addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hilton of Tiffin, Ohio, "Am taking a mid-winter vacation here in New York and having a fine time." It is signed Leone Hines.
Rhode Island--Commerce; South Carolina--Commerce; Slave trade--Sierra Leone
Letter from Phillips & Gardner of Charleston [South Carolina] to Mr. Silas Dean of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding news of the Ship Mary and Capt. Wood.
Remarks given [probably by Samuel or William Vernon] regarding a case against Captain Thomas Rogers, who is accused of producing falsified trade books and trading to his own benefit in Barbados, Cape de Verdes, St. Christopher, and Isle de Los....
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...
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...
