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Buying Tobacco by the yard in Jamaica.

Buying Tobacco by the yard in Jamaica.

Negro peasant women, Jamaica.

A Jamaican Negro farmer and bee-keeper.

Negerdorp op Jamaïca. - A group of people walking down a dirt road

Dr. Ogden's farm at Jamaica - Public domain old map

The history of the British plantations in America.

The history of the British plantations in America.

The history of the British plantations in America.

Inventory of slaves on Jamaican plantation.

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1820
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Revolutionary War [Request for compensation to be paid to Nathaniel Seely for his slave, Amos Seely, who was killed in the Revolutionary War, 1783. Top reads "pay-table office, July 30th, 1783..."]

Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

Begins "I certify that negro named Jenny is at liberty to hire herself for an honest livelihood..."

Phillis Wheatley. Art print - Pictorial field book of the revolution

Jan Matzeliger portrait collection

Catilda Downs; Barbados passport 2

Statistics of revenue, imports, exports, etc. 1691 - 1768.

[Manumission certificate for William Steward, mariner granted citizenship. Ship and dock scene at top.]

Slave inventory - Public domain document scan

General list of inhabitants in the Province of New York, extracted from the returns of the sheriffs of the several counties, in pursuance of warrants to them, dated 16th February, 1756.

[Letter from abolitionist soliciting for Cradle of Liberty distributors. Top says "Boston, March 25, 1839, Dear Friends..." signed Maria Chapman.]

Slave inventory - Public domain document scan

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african americans history social conditions west indies jamaica slavery enslaved people inventories schomburg center for research in black culture manuscripts archives and rare books division miscellaneous american letters and papers jamaican plantation ultra high resolution high resolution inventory slaves jamaican plantation american letters and papers handwriting text document paper font paper product diary new york public library african american history writing