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Slavery Collection, 1709-1864
Willock, Alexander Vernon, William, 1719-1806 Vernon, Samuel, 1711-1792 Rogers, Thomas, Captain Young, William Barnes, Christian Christian Robert George, William Page, Richard Finnie, John Slainey, Johnna Gray, Elizabeth Brachenridge, William Roach, Caesar Marnan, Thomas Keating, James Othello (Brig)
Sales of 9 new Negro men, 6 women, 13 boys, and 13 girls, Imported in the Briggantine Othello, Thomas Rogers master and put into by hands for sale by said Rogers on account of his owners, Messrs. Samuel and William Vernon, Merchants in Rhode Island
1765-11-23
Detailed record of the sale of 55 slaves brought on the Brig Othello, captained by Thomas Rogers, to Antigua. Sold by merchant Alexander Willock for Samuel and William Vernon [of Newport, Rhode Island]. Includes expenses for "store to sell the Negroes in," tickets, drummers, advertisement, and victuals.
nyhs_sc_b-02_f-09_015 Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Merchant ships--United States Slave trade--Antigua
Accounts Receipts (financial records)
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