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Records from the Slavery Business, 1692-1849

Collection: Slavery Through Time: from Enslavers to Abolitionists, 1675-1865    Volumes    Records from the Slavery Business, 1692-1849
Those who derived profit from slavery kept detailed records of how their businesses progressed. These records reveal the roles played by five different businesses that derived profits from slavery through plantation ownership and the transportation of slaves. The plantation records form the bulk of this grouping, encompassing the content of the 'Jamaica plantation records from the Dickinson papers, 1675-1849'; 'Records of the Jamaican Prospect Estate: plantation ledgers, 1785-1817'; and 'Material relating to the West Indies from the Senhouse papers, 1762-1831'. The notable exception to this pattern is the 'Log and journal of the Bristol ship, Black Prince, 1762-1764', these detailed records reveal both where slaves were boarded and details of slave trading which took place on-board the ship.
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Personal papers, 1741-1800

Recollections of William Senhouse (1741-1800), Surveyor General of Barbados and the Leeward Isles. At the beginning of the volume are some genealogical notes on the Senhouse family; at the end...

Date:1741-1800
Contributor:Bodleian Library, British Library, and others
Identifier:73198D-13

Memoirs of Joseph Senhouse, 1772-1779

This document contains three memoirs by Joseph Senhouse, the first is 'Memoirs of Dominica by Joseph Senhouse', 1772. This item includes sections on the discovery and history of the island,...

Date:1772-1779
Contributor:Bodleian Library, British Library, and others
Identifier:73198D-12

Observations and correspondence, 1772-1831

These items include Joseph Senhouse's letters and general memorandum book for Dominica and Barbados, 1772-77. Copies of letters written from Barbados together with memoranda on past and future correspondence; letters...

Date:1772-1831
Contributor:Bodleian Library, British Library, and others
Identifier:73198D-11

Lands rented and owned by Joseph Senhouse, 1768-1776

The focus of these papers falls upon the Lowther Hall Estate, including rekated ledgers, major transactions, cashbook, and memoranda. Estates in Tobago and Dominica also feature, with a number of...

Date:1768-1776
Contributor:Bodleian Library, British Library, and others
Identifier:73198D-10

Account books of Joseph Senhouse, 1762-1790

These account books encompass records for Dominica, Barbados, Cumberland and London. Their subject matter ranges from private trade, cash accounts, waste accounts, remittances, and fees received whilst Senhouse was the...

Date:1762-1790
Contributor:Bodleian Library, British Library, and others
Identifier:73198D-09

Records of the Jamaican Prospect Estate: plantation ledgers, 1785-1817

This assortment of papers contains daily figures regarding the number of slaves working on the Estate, including accounts detailing the number of slaves and disposal of crop items, mules and...

Date:1785-1817
Contributor:Bodleian Library, British Library, and others
Identifier:73198D-08

Log and journal of the Bristol ship, Black Prince, 1762-1764

A journal of a voyage in the slave ship, Black Prince, from Bristol to the Gold Coast of Africa, commencing from April the 24th 1762. Aside from the detailed descriptions...

Date:1762-1764
Contributor:Bodleian Library, British Library, and others
Identifier:73198D-07

Misc papers, 1692-1837

Date:1692-1837
Contributor:Bodleian Library, British Library, and others
Identifier:73198D-06
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