Title:
The Slave–Trade in America
Date:
July 1900
Scope & Content:
Magazine article regarding the slave trade in America.
First Paper– The Gathering of the Slaves.
A chief source of supple for the slave market was along the Atlantic coast of Africa, between Cape Verd, at the North, and Benguela or Cape Martha, at the South.
1740: Newport boasts 120 slave ships.
Boom in the slave trade circa 1760.
Kidnapping individual people and forcing them into slavery and other brutal practices.
Massacre of the Calaba natives aboard the ship 'The Duke of York'.
Establishmet of barracoons.
Captain Richard Drake, slaver
14 pages
First Paper– The Gathering of the Slaves.
A chief source of supple for the slave market was along the Atlantic coast of Africa, between Cape Verd, at the North, and Benguela or Cape Martha, at the South.
1740: Newport boasts 120 slave ships.
Boom in the slave trade circa 1760.
Kidnapping individual people and forcing them into slavery and other brutal practices.
Massacre of the Calaba natives aboard the ship 'The Duke of York'.
Establishmet of barracoons.
Captain Richard Drake, slaver
14 pages
Object ID:
DOC.1900–07–00A
Object Name:
Magazine article
Collection:
Slaves – Black History
People:
Smith, Capt.
Rolfe, John
Lindsay, David
Hamlet, Capt.
Jepson, James
Scott, George
Green, Capt.
Town, James
Dove, William
Johnson, Ben
Boates, Billy (Capt.)
Bowman, John
Chief Ephraim
John, Amboe Robin
Honesty, Willy
Clarkson
Drake, Richard (Capt.)
Thomas, Charles W.
Rolfe, John
Lindsay, David
Hamlet, Capt.
Jepson, James
Scott, George
Green, Capt.
Town, James
Dove, William
Johnson, Ben
Boates, Billy (Capt.)
Bowman, John
Chief Ephraim
John, Amboe Robin
Honesty, Willy
Clarkson
Drake, Richard (Capt.)
Thomas, Charles W.
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