Slavery and Atlantic Trading Networks

For context:

Cape Ann Slavery site - gives context of Atlantic slave trade and Cape Ann economy

Salem Maritime National Historic Site Slavery Tour

Unfolding Histories, Cape Ann Museum

Set at Liberty, Historic Beverly

1791 Shipping

Captain’s Orders for the Two Friends, 1791

Brown and Thorndike to Captain Nicholas Thorndike, “Ship’s Orders” (October 4, 1791). Letter. Beverly Historical Society, Beverly, MA.

Found- https://usingessexhistory.org/documents/captains-orders-for-the-two-friends-1791/

1833 Crew List for William and Henry

Crew List for the William and Henry lists Back crew member John Henderson on ship bound for Surinam, part of Atlantic slave trade network, 1833 (Cape Ann Museum, Unfolding Histories)

Found- https://wayback.archive-it.org/11179/20181018195826/http://onlineexhibitions.capeannmuseum.org/s/unfoldinghistories/item/421

1853 Letter from Richard Trask to Abigail Trask

Letter from Richard Trask to Abigail Trask detailing poor treatment of Black crew in New Orleans but not taking into account that the ship he was captaining was actually part of Atlantic Slave Trading network, headed for Surinam. (Cape Ann Museum, Unfolding Histories; rights holder, Manchester Historical Museum)

Found- https://wayback.archive-it.org/11179/20181018195814/http://onlineexhibitions.capeannmuseum.org/s/unfoldinghistories/item/452

List of locally built ships involved in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Susan_M_Harvey_The_Slave_Trade_and_Massa.docx

Harvey, Susan. Slavery in Massachusetts: A descendent of early settlers investigates the connections in Newburyport, Massachusetts. MA Thesis. Fitchburg State University, 2011. Date access March 24, 2021

Found: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BjujxTrd_aAZkW--gUAzL-wsswZcjfAF/edit

Ships in the Slave Trade

Location in Drive of Appendix documents compiled by Harvey from The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TfU6JlfBQ7411FngC98rTZTQm6zlw1fA1vHp16DbDY4/edit

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