COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader English MS 517
Reference Number:
English MS 517
Parent Work Title:
Notes and statistics on the transatlantic slave trade
Date Created:
1751-1787
Description:
Manuscript volume with three sheets (of various sizes) of handwritten notes and statistics on the transatlantic slave trade: No. 1: table of voyages by slaving ships, recording the names of ships, where the slaves were embarked, where they were sold, [?the value of] the cargos, the numbers of enslaved sold, the numbers who died, the total price realised, the average price of each enslaved person, and the year of the voyage, 1744-66; No. 2: notes on voyages to Africa trading enslaved people, copper, ivory, wood, salt, etc., c 1774-87;
No. 3: notes on individual ships involved in the transatlantic slave trade, recording the dates of voyages, the ports at which they called, and the numbers of enslaved people conveyed. The sheets were originally bound up with a collection of printed tracts on enslavement.
No. 3: notes on individual ships involved in the transatlantic slave trade, recording the dates of voyages, the ports at which they called, and the numbers of enslaved people conveyed. The sheets were originally bound up with a collection of printed tracts on enslavement.
Language Code:
eng
Language:
English
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Places Covered:
West Indies
Places Covered:
United States
Places Covered:
Africa
Item Height:
330 mm
Item Width:
190 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Notes:
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2020-08-03
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2020-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands