Covering the period of slavery through the 1700s up to abolition in the 1800s, this collection comprises passenger lists, charts and ledgers of the transportation of slaves. These include details on where the slaves were being transported, and the conditions on the ships and slave prisons. Posters and early photographs are also included here.
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List of slaves aboard ships, and numbers sold, 1707-1708
Rebellious slaves poster, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1832
A French Free Emigrant on his way to the barracoon of M. Regis, 1858
Indian Ocean: East African slaves rescued by HMS Daphne from a dhow, 1868
Indian Ocean: East African slaves rescued by HMS Daphne from a dhow, 1868
Engagement between Queen Victoria and the Kings of Bonny, for the abolition of slavery
Cape Coast castle ground plan, showing slave yard, 1756
Papers of Captain André Bigaud of the ship Ocean, including licence to import a slave boy, c.1740
Award of freedom to Francis Barber, a slave, by Richard Bathurst in his Will, 1756
Two slaves listed amongst property lost by William Tate during the burning of Falmouth, 1775
Conditions and segregation of slaves aboard ship, by Robert Heatley, 1788
Reward for the capture of a runaway slave, from the Barbados Mercury, 1786
List of slaves aboard ships, and numbers sold, 1707-1708
Rebellious slaves poster, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1832
A French Free Emigrant on his way to the barracoon of M. Regis, 1858
Indian Ocean: East African slaves rescued by HMS Daphne from a dhow, 1868
Indian Ocean: East African slaves rescued by HMS Daphne from a dhow, 1868
Engagement between Queen Victoria and the Kings of Bonny, for the abolition of slavery
Cape Coast castle ground plan, showing slave yard, 1756
Papers of Captain André Bigaud of the ship Ocean, including licence to import a slave boy, c.1740
Award of freedom to Francis Barber, a slave, by Richard Bathurst in his Will, 1756
Two slaves listed amongst property lost by William Tate during the burning of Falmouth, 1775
Conditions and segregation of slaves aboard ship, by Robert Heatley, 1788
Reward for the capture of a runaway slave, from the Barbados Mercury, 1786