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Slavery Collection, 1709-1864
Taggart, Samuel C. Friendship (Brig) Gardner & Dean
Invoice of One Trunk of Merchandise Ship'd by Gardner & Dean on board the Brig Friendship
Invoice for a trunk of merchandise shipped from Newport [Rhode Island] by Samuel C. Taggart for Gardner & Dean on the Brig Friendship. Includes instruction to sell the goods on the coast of Africa and use those funds to purchase "Negroes" for sale in Charleston [South Carolina]. Dated March 12th, no year given.
nyhs_sc_b-03_f-03_008 Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport
South Carolina--Commerce Rhode Island--Commerce
Accounts Receipts (financial records)
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