Account Sales of Six Negro Slaves receiv'd & the Sloop Hare Caleb Godfrey Com'dr from Africa

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Title: Account Sales of Six Negro Slaves receiv'd & the Sloop Hare Caleb Godfrey Com'dr from Africa
Collection Title: Slavery Collection
Series: Series I: Samuel and William Vernon, 1756-1799
Subseries: Subseries 2. Business Papers, 1756-1799
Creator / Contributor: Stevens, Robert
Vernon, William, 1719-1806
Vernon, Samuel, 1711-1792
Hare (Sloop)
Godfrey, Caleb, Captain
Gray, Ebenezer
Stelle, Isaac
Gibbs, Richard
Ward, Henry, 1732-1797
Identifier: 21988
Date: 1758-10-03
Institution: New-York Historical Society
Description: Account record for the sale of slaves aboard the Sloop Hare by Captain Caleb Godfrey on behalf of Robert Stevens and Saml. [Samuel] and Wm. [William] Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island]. Includes expenses of medical costs and coffins for slaves that died during the voyage.
Subject: Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
Material type or medium of original: Accounts
Receipts (financial records)
text
Publisher: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, 212-873-3400
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