Deposition of Robert Stoddard given in Newport, Rhode Island, stating that Valentine Jones, a Barbados merchant, had advised Captain Thomas Rogers of the Brig Othello to sell his slaves in Barbados instead of carrying them somewhere else to be...
Slaves--Virginia--Louisa County; Slavery--Virginia--Caroline County
List of "fifteen men, tweny-five women, sixteen boys, and eleven girls, in all 67" slaves belonging to Mr. Edw'd [Edward] Ambler in Hanover and Louisa County [Virginia]. Includes names and ages of each slave. On back, later additions to document...
Inventory list of goods aboard the Brig Royal Charlotte between October 1761 and August 1766. Includes the names of many vendors and service from unnamed slaves listed under their owner's name.
London (Ship); Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800; Braddock's Campaign, 1755--Personal narratives; Albany (N.Y.)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800; Alexandria (Va.)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800; Fort Cumberland...
Diary, 1754-1757, describes a voyage from London to Virginia on board the ship London laden with hospital supplies as part of an expedition of thirteen transports, three ordnance ships, and two convoys carrying the 44th and 48th regiments to...
Account current by Richard Adams [of Virginia] to Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island] for expenses related to the trade of goods and slaves aboard the Brig Royal Charlotte.
Two-page letter to John Ambler of Winchester [Virginia] from Rich Cocke of Surrey House [Virginia] regarding the sale of slaves Milly, her son Billy, and an unnamed daughter.
Slavery--Emancipation--United States; Slavery--Philadelphia; Slaves--Philadelphia; Antislavery movements--United States
Four-page letter from John Parrish of Philadelphia to William Dilwyn regarding the American Antislavery movement. Includes mention of several slaveholders who manumitted their own slaves, as well as several Quakers involved in the abolition of...
Letter to Samuel Sandford, Insurance Broker of Newport [Rhode Island] from Edward Dickens regarding insurance for Brig Sally, sailing from Providence to the Coast of Africa and back to Havana.
Four-page letter to the Editors of the Lewes Journal regarding the abolition of slave trade, signed 'Atticus' and dated Henfield [Sussex, England] Jan 22. 1796.
Two-page letter to the Printer of the Diary regarding African slave trade, signed 'Atticus' and dated Winchester [Hampshire, England] April 16th 1789. Includes note to 'Mr. Woodfall' requesting that the piece be placed in the Diary, signed 'A'.
Four-page letter to Captain Benjamin Almy of Newport from Augustus Brown, dated Annamaboo [?] Jan 17, 1774, regarding a shipment of sixty slaves and the death of Captain Thos. Roger.
Four-page letter to David Barrow of Montgomery, Kentucky, from several Quakers from Whitewater, Wayne County, Indiana Territory regarding the abolition of slavery. Includes note mentioning abolition meeting at Mt. Sterling, Friday before 1st Sunday...
