Fugitive slaves--Martinique; Fugitive slaves--Rhode Island
One-page petition submitted by Remy Thiboult regarding the discovery of a runaway slave belonging to Samuel Johnson of Rhode Island, on the Schooner Corsaire docked in the harbor of St. Pierre, Martinique.
Postal data: posted, postmarked [wavy postmark with letters I & D] (MOUNT VERNON N.Y., OCT [?],5-AM, 1909; [?], OCT 16, [?], 1909), [stamp apparently removed]; (Place Stamp Here, Domestic One Cent, Foreign Two Cents) printed inside stamp box;...
Two-page letter from Lodowick Updike to Stephen Deblois of Newport, Rhode Island, regarding his arrival in Havanna [Havana, Cuba]. Includes mention of 'the cargo of the snow' [possibly slaves], the capture of his Brother Gilbert and Captain Lawton...
