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Slave Trade Record Book

An inventory of the item at Syracuse University


Finding aid created by: LDC
Date: 22 Jan 2009



Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Slave Trade Record Book is a single bound volume that documents the sales of enslaved persons at Cacheu (Portuguese Guinea) from 1790-1795. The text describes the enslaved individuals inluding gender and name, and lists the price, name of the seller, and the name of the captain performing the shipment. Shipments on the Nossa Senhore de Belton are described in much detail.


Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.


Subject Headings

Corporate Bodies

Nossa Senhore de Belton (Ship)

Subjects

Slave trade -- Africa, West.

Places

Cacheu (Guinea-Bissau)

Genres and Forms

Business records

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Slave Trade Record Book,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries


Table of Contents

Business records


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