Price of slavery

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 25John Longlands1Privilege Man68
2Cargo ditto132200
William Howard1Privilege Woman66
1Stout Girl62
1Woman63191
Alexander Walter2Small boys @ £54108
1Very small ditto50
1Small girl54
1Very small ditto50262
Thomas Smith1Boy60
1Ditto58
1Small ditto52
1Small girl50220
David Nevin2Boys @ £54108
1Girl52160
Robert Peart2Boys @ £58116
1Man66
1Girl54236
John Wight2Women @ £64128
William Laing1Boy62
Thomas McKissock1Boy56
Aaron Little1Man66
William Shaw1Man66
Jonathan James1Man67
Thomas Harvey2Men @ £66132
David Cohen1Woman66
Isaac Stevens1Small girl54
Susannah Fotheringham1Big boy59
Mrs Gregory1Woman & child at the breast70
30John Lutman1Woman56
1Girl46102
July 1John Whitaker4Refuse Men @ £40160
July 52Ditto Women80240
John Graham1Small sickly girl30
2467
To commission on £2467 @ £5 percent123.7
To paid Cap: James Walker his privilege of one slave53.5s176:12
To Cap: Thomas Walkers coast Commissions on £2290:82290:8
At £6 p £106129.12.11
To cash paid Importers Duty on 45 slaves at 10s per head
…paid for Sundries for the use of the slaves4.13.3£156,16:2
Net Proceeds£2133:11:1
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