Record of enslaved people sold by Messrs James Rogers & Co. of Bristol, undated (C 107/6)
The terms ‘Privilege man’ and ‘Privilege woman’ were used to describe those slaves considered more skilled than labouring slaves; they had superior rank, may have been put in charge of others and were worth more.
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Account Sales of 45 Slaves including an Infant at the Breast received by the Schooner [sailing ship with two or more masts, the foremast smaller than the mainmast] Fly James Walker Master from Sierra Leone on Account of Messrs James Rogers & Co. of Bristol, (C 107/6)
June 25 | John Longlands | 1 | Privilege Man | 68 | |
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2 | Cargo ditto | 132 | 200 | ||
William Howard | 1 | Privilege Woman | 66 | ||
1 | Stout Girl | 62 | |||
1 | Woman | 63 | 191 | ||
Alexander Walter | 2 | Small boys @ £54 | 108 | ||
1 | Very small ditto | 50 | |||
1 | Small girl | 54 | |||
1 | Very small ditto | 50 | 262 | ||
Thomas Smith | 1 | Boy | 60 | ||
1 | Ditto | 58 | |||
1 | Small ditto | 52 | |||
1 | Small girl | 50 | 220 | ||
David Nevin | 2 | Boys @ £54 | 108 | ||
1 | Girl | 52 | 160 | ||
Robert Peart | 2 | Boys @ £58 | 116 | ||
1 | Man | 66 | |||
1 | Girl | 54 | 236 | ||
John Wight | 2 | Women @ £64 | 128 | ||
William Laing | 1 | Boy | 62 | ||
Thomas McKissock | 1 | Boy | 56 | ||
Aaron Little | 1 | Man | 66 | ||
William Shaw | 1 | Man | 66 | ||
Jonathan James | 1 | Man | 67 | ||
Thomas Harvey | 2 | Men @ £66 | 132 | ||
David Cohen | 1 | Woman | 66 | ||
Isaac Stevens | 1 | Small girl | 54 | ||
Susannah Fotheringham | 1 | Big boy | 59 | ||
Mrs Gregory | 1 | Woman & child at the breast | 70 | ||
30 | John Lutman | 1 | Woman | 56 | |
1 | Girl | 46 | 102 | ||
July 1 | John Whitaker | 4 | Refuse Men @ £40 | 160 | |
July 5 | 2 | Ditto Women | 80 | 240 | |
John Graham | 1 | Small sickly girl | 30 | ||
2467 | |||||
To commission on £2467 @ £5 percent | 123.7 | ||||
To paid Cap: James Walker his privilege of one slave | 53.5s | 176:12 | |||
To Cap: Thomas Walkers coast Commissions on £2290:8 | 2290:8 | ||||
At £6 p £106 | 129.12.11 | ||||
To cash paid Importers Duty on 45 slaves at 10s per head | |||||
…paid for Sundries for the use of the slaves | 4.13.3 | £156,16:2 | |||
Net Proceeds | £2133:11:1 |