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1.
Robert Bostock documents concerning the slave trade, 1810-1813

Creator:
Bostock, Robert, 1784-1847
Call Number:
OSB MSS FILE 19662
Image Count:
12
Abstract:
Five manuscript documents concerning Robert Bostock's involvement in the recently outlawed slave trade. The earliest is the November 1810 agreement between Bostock, Mason and five "Gallinas gentlemen" that allowed Bostock and Mason to establish their ...
Description:
Robert Bostock was a Liverpool trader who continued to be involved in the slave trade after its abolition by Parliament in 1807. His factory on Bunce Island was raided by H.M.S. Thais in 1813 and 233 slaves were seized. Also captured were Bostock, his...
Subject (Geographic):
Africa, West, Great Britain, and United States
Subject (Name):
Bostock, Robert, 1784-1847., Browne, John Edward., Hayes, Philippa., Mason, Charles, fl. 1810., Mills, John Stirling., Roach, Captain., Kitty (Ship), and Thais (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Slave trade, History, and Slave traders
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Robert Bostock documents concerning the slave trade, 1810-1813

2.
Robert J. Brown diary : manuscript

Creator:
Brown, Robert J., active 1834-1835
Published / Created:
1834 December 5-1835 April 6.
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 733
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
113
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript diary written by Robert J. Brown during travel from Boston to Florida Territory, 1834-1835. Entries describe travel by steamboat, stagecoach, and railroad, and record impressions of natural features, commerce, urban development, ...
Description:
Spring Garden, a sugar plantation near De Leon Springs, Volusia County, Florida Territory, was acquired in 1830 by Orlando Savage Rees (1796-1852), of Stateburg, South Carolina. In 1835 December, during the Second Seminole War, Spring Garden was occu...
Subject (Geographic):
Florida, Volusia County., Florida., South Carolina, Charleston., Virginia, Richmond., South Carolina., Virginia., De Leon Springs (Fla.), Florida Panhandle (Fla.), Saint Augustine (Fla.), Saint Johns River (Fla.), South Atlantic States, Spring Garden Plantation (Fla.), United States, Volusia County (Fla.), and Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Name):
Brown, Robert J., active 1834-1835. and Rees, Orlando Savage, 1796-1852.
Subject (Topic):
Alligator hunting, Black Seminoles, Indians of North America, Orange growers, Seminole Indians, Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842, Slave trade, Slavery, Sugar, Manufacture and refining, Sugar plantations, Description and travel, and History
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Robert J. Brown diary : manuscript

3.
Commission for John Hope Smith, 1816 November 11.

Creator:
Company of Merchants Trading to Africa
Call Number:
OSB MSS FILE 19653
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Printed form on parchment, completed in manuscript, signed, appointing John Hope Smith governor-in-chief at Cape Coast Castle for "the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa."
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Africa, Great Britain, and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Smith, John Hope., Cape Coast Castle (Cape Coast, Ghana), and Company of Merchants Trading to Africa.
Subject (Topic):
Slave trade and Trading companies
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commission for John Hope Smith, 1816 November 11.

4.
The abolition of the slave trade, or, The inhumanity of dealers in human flesh exemplified in the

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 April 1792]
Call Number:
792.04.10.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the deck of a slave ship a Black girl is suspended by her ankle by a British sailor as the captain prepares to whip her with a chain. In the background two other sailors wander off indifferently on the right and on the left a group of enslaved peop...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub April 10, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Picca[dilly]
Subject (Name):
Kimber, John
Subject (Topic):
Slave ships, Slave trade, Punishment & torture, and Whips
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The abolition of the slave trade, or, The inhumanity of dealers in human flesh exemplified in the cruel treatment of a young negro girl of 15 for her virjen [sic] modesty [graphic].

5.
Scrap book, 1845-1867

Creator:
Jones-Parry, John Parry, 1829-1920
Call Number:
Osborn d471
Image Count:
139
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Holograph journal of the author's naval service from 1845 to 1861, with some verses dated 1867. The volume begins with a summary of his service on the HMS Seaflower, sailing between Jersey and northern France, as well as on the steam ship Sidon. He ...
Description:
Rear-Admiral John Parry Jones-Parry was born October 7, 1829, the son of Rev. J. Jones-Parry, born in Wales. He was a midshipman till November 1851; then Mate 1851-4, Lieutenant 1854-63, Commander 1863-71, and Captain in 1871. He retired in 1873, a...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Africa, East., and Africa
Subject (Name):
Baines, Matthew Talbot, 1799-1860., Bosquet, Pierre, 1810-1870., Jones-Parry, John Parry, 1829-1920., Samwell, William, b. 1832., Windham, Charles Ash, Sir, 1810-1870., and Great Britain. Royal Navy
Subject (Topic):
Sea life, Elegiac poetry, English, Pen drawing, Poetry, English, Sailors, Sentimentalism in literature, Slave trade, Women authors, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Scrap book, 1845-1867

8.
A Negro market in the West Indies [graphic].

Published / Created:
[not before 1831]
Call Number:
831.00.00.51+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene of a busy market in the West Indies with enslaved, free Africans, and white persons mingling amongst the vendors: The Black vendors are seated on the ground with their wares displayed around them, including produce (mellons, pineapples, banana...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Printed by Motte, 70 St. Martins Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Antigua.
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Animals, Farm produce, Markets, Poultry, and Slave trade
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Negro market in the West Indies [graphic].

9.
Letters describing life in England, 1790

Call Number:
LWL Mss Vol. 115
Image Count:
270
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand with numerous corrections, of a collection of 15 letters describing life in England, translated into French, possibly from German. The letters discuss English lotteries; the proliferation of newspapers; the constitution a...
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Great Britain., England, France, and Versailles (France)
Subject (Name):
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834., Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793., and Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804.
Subject (Topic):
Cockfighting, Elections, Hunting, Lotteries, Slave trade, Newspapers, Nobility, Travelers' writings, French, Description and travel, History, Women, Intellectual life, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Letters describing life in England, 1790