18th c 1773 SLAVE SHIP Crew account booklet Newport,RI 1700\'s
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18th c 1773 SLAVE SHIP Crew account booklet Newport,RI 1700\'s :
$1000.00
Out of my private collection of 18th c historical documents I am offering a very rare scarce 1773account booklet from a slave shipA 16 Schooner Hamdens \"The Hamden\'s People \" a Slave ship ..A very imortant piece of Colonial period Slave trade history... sad one
Slave ship crew account booklets are extremely rare.. the only others known indentical to mine ( that I was able to find ) are at the New York Historical Society all from the same Ship and there is 1 at the Brown University slavery documents collection ..please enter the NYHS Slavery Collection to find info about Captain George D Sweet & John Brown as well they have in their collection lots of documents all about the slave can\'t say that John Brown mentioned here is the same slave trader ..Brown University related ..Gaspee related research needs to be doneI\'d say he was a Slave trade capt just like Slave trading ship Sea Captain George Dunbar Sweet
Please copy the links & paste nto your browser sorry about that ..the links are not workingany questions pls contact << sea Capt George D titleSlaveryCollectionSeries TitleSubseries 1. Correspondence, 1756-1796Item IDnyhs_sc_b-01_f-14_v38Date of theBrigOthello.SubjectSlave trade--Africa, West
Africa, West--Commerce--United States
Senegal--Commerce--United States
Gambia--Commerce--United States
Slave trade--BarbadosMaterial type of originalCommercial correspondencePublisher of digitalNew-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY George D Sweet was a slave ship captain
& he worked for the famous slave traders Vernon brothers
..this booklets all looked the same
the crew refered as > people of this the people of that...
they are 1 of a kind very John Brown had this schooner set sail to Jamaica from Newport July 26 1773...in the account book you will see that date as well as the towns name Newport.. ( see pics )John Brown was also involved with the Vernon wealth came mostly by slave tradeinteresting haven\'t researched all the names of the crew but found William Howard later was a officer in the Revolutionary War.. he was from Coventry, RICapt George Dunbar Sweet worked for the Vernon Brothers famous slave traderspls click on the little account books seem all to be written by the same person pls look at the LINKS not working here please scroll over Copy & paste ...sorry about John Brown is mentionedon the front says John Scott on board the schooner HamdenJuly 26*Dan Monk**John Brown**George D Sweet*Orson Remington-**Tuckus Frebody ( I saw a gravestone ( I took a picture ..just ask me ) at a Newport\'s graveyard of a black servant name \"Pompey Frebody\" spelled the same way as Tuckus last name )Very unusual name its not FreeBody... but FrebodyI feel( my gut feeling ) that he was a Black servant or free man working as crew memberit was not anusual for black servants free or not to work as crew members
\"One of the most significant changes during the period between 1740 and 1820 was in the increase in the number of black mariners who manned ships traveling the Triangle of Trade.\" Most men were slaves, rented out by their masters to assist on trading voyages. Some, however, were free men, who saw seafaring as one of their only opportunities to make a living.
Blacks attained skills that enabled them to serve in any station aboard ship, but prejudice denied them positions beyond that of able-bodied seamen. Usually, free blacks were hired as cabin boys, cooks, musicians, and stewards. However, slaves who worked on board might be allowed to assume positions of authority more easily than free blacks. Slaves could serve their white masters, using the very seafaring skills with which free blacks were not allowed to use to earn a living.\"
*Stephen Crosby*Charles Lasscells lafscells but fs are s so*John Craswellunder the name looks like a John Crogswall*William Howard Matehe was from Coventry, RI Rev War officer later on*Robert Brunside look at the pics I cant read his name*John Phillips* John Longworthy*Doc HaliburtonThe crew bought a lot of tea and Molasses\"Rhode Island merchants ignored the Molasses Act of 1773, and smuggled goods andslaves in and out of their ports, despite the restrictions\"(The Tea party was later on in Dec. of the same year)They also carry a lot of chocolate after all Newport, RI was also involved in Chocolate manufacturing in the 18th Schooner \"Hamden \" was later used in the Revolutionary war ..DYMOND, THOMAS. 1st Lieutenant, schooner \"Hamden\"petitionsigned by Aaron
Waitt, of Salem, asking that John Lander be commissioned as commander of the
schooner \" Hamden \" (privateer) ; ordered in Council Oct. 23, 1777, that a com
mission be in 1778 the schooner hamden was commanded by Captain John Ashton;petition dated Salem,July 14,1778,signedbyJoshua Dodge,askingthatsaid Ashtonbecommissionedascommanderof the \"Hamden\" (privateer) ; ordered in CouncilJuly 14,1778, that a commission be issued.
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I\'ve been studying Early American History and collecting 18th century antiques for 26 years..Colonial period history is my passion besides wildlife rescuing
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18th c 1773 SLAVE SHIP Crew account booklet Newport,RI 1700\'s :
$1000.00