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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 slave factory "on the point of Bance Island." The remaining documents are all connected to the 1813 raid on the factory by the Royal Navy. These include the Qui Tam writ by John Edward Browne describing the capture and setting forth the Crown's charges; an abjuration of the slave trade by a Mrs. Boy; a more detailed abjuration document signed by Phillipa Hayes and John Stirling Mills that includes a confession of their participation in the trade; and a letter to Mills from "Captain Roach" regarding the seizure of the slaves and his unsettled business with Bostock
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 partner Charles Mason, and the captain of an American slave-ship, the "Kitty," which was to have smuggled the contraband slaves to Charleston, South Carolina., Accompanied by an item list and typed transcripts., and In English.
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.
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.

3.
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 people sit cowering
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Watermark: I Taylor., 'Captn Kimber's' in title erased and replaced in contemporary hand with 'the cruel.', and Mounted to 37 x 49 cm.
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].

4.
A sale of English beauties in the East Indies [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 May 1811]
Call Number:
811.05.10.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker description of later state in the British Museum catalogue., Early state, with publication line present and number '74' absent from upper right corner, of No. 7014A in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Morals -- Surgeons instruments -- Calcutta -- India -- Slaver --Enslaved people., and Watermark: CT.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 10th, 1811, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Slave trade
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A sale of English beauties in the East Indies [graphic].

5.
A London bazaar!! or, More sellers than buyers! [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1819?]
Call Number:
819.00.00.54.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
More sellers than buyers!
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Two lines of text following title: This silly innovation which they've borrow'd from the Turks ..., For a reversed version of this design published in Dublin, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0214.872., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume: 1816 -- Picture: Bazaar in Baghdad, enslaved persons., and Watermark: Basted Mill.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Sidebotham, 96 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Chimney sweeps, Dandies, Markets, Slave trade, Staffs (Sticks), and Umbrellas
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A London bazaar!! or, More sellers than buyers! [graphic].

6.
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 mingling amongst the vendors: The Black vendors are seated on the ground with their wares displayed around them, including produce (mellons, pineapples, bananas, etc.), livestock (goats, pigs, poultry, etc.); one man (left) is holding a lizard (iguana?); a little boy holds a bird on his finger. One woman carries her chickens and a piglet in a basket balanced on her head. Customers, both Black and mixed-race, mingle with vendors. White women with umbrellas and white men wearing hats walk among the vendors; a horse and carriage and buildings are in the background
Description:
Title from text below image., Based on a 1806 etching with the title: Negroes Sunday Market at Antigua. Engraved by Cordon, Pub. by G. Tustolini, London, 1806. See National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK. Accession reference: National Maritime Museum, ZBA2594., Motte started publishing in 1818 in Paris, opened a branch in London in 1830, and moved to 70 St. Martin's Lane in 1831. See British Museum online catalogue., "From an original drawing taken in 1806."--Lower left, below design., After W.E. Beastall and the engraving by Cardon. Cf. Negroes Sunday market at Antigua / engraved by Cardon. Pub. by G. Tustolini, London, 1806. Accession reference: National Maritime Museum, ZBA2594., and Imprint partially burnished and illegible.
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].

7.
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 and the difficulty of reconciling ideology with practice; Parliamentary elections; literary societies; and the nobility. One letter describes and deplores the cruelty of amusements such as hunting, cock-fighting, and "combats des gladiateurs"; another letter mocks an English law against the illegal wearing of buttons. A letter dated December 14, 1790 discusses the possibility of the abolition of the slave trade; the author declares it is the most talked-of subject of conversation and expresses his astonishment that the trade still exists and The letters are followed by a lengthy essay explaining the Women's March on Versailles on October 5-6, 1789. The volume is prefaced by a note by the translator, who criticizes the motives of many travel writers; says that he was drawn to this letter-writer for his curiosity and interest in humanity; and explains that the writer published two volumes, the first of letters written in Paris and Versailles during the revolution in 1789, and the second of letters in England
Description:
In French., Binding: full calf., and For further information, consult library staff.
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