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Slavery Collection, 1709-1864
Briggs, Willard Hannah (Brig : 1789)
[Letter from Willard Briggs]
1793-11
Letter requesting insurance for the Brig Hannah, embarking on a voyage to Africa, the West Indies, and back to Rhode Island against 'the dangers of the sea, insurrections of the slaves, and a war against all or every nation, pirates plunders, etc.' Signed Willard Briggs of Newport, November 1793.
nyhs_sc_b-05_f-04_d12 Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Slave trade--Rhode Island
Letters
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