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, 1709-1864
Creator / Contributor: Stevens, Robert
Vernon, William, 1719-1806
Vernon, Samuel, 1711-1792
Godfrey, Caleb, Captain
Gray, Ebenezer
Stelle, Isaac, Captain
Gibbs, Richard
Ward, Henry
Hare (Sloop)
Identifier: nyhs_sc_b-02_f-04_004
Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Date: 1758-10-03
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)
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