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U.S. Customs Service records port of New Orleans, Louisiana inward slave manifests, 1807-1860.
- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Series:
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part II: Slave trade in the Atlantic world.
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part II: Slave trade in the Atlantic world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved persons--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--Sources.
- Enslaved persons.
- Enslaved persons--United States--History--Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (15, 118 images).
- Other Title:
- U.S. Customs Service records
- Summary:
- The U.S. Customs records in this collection, which provide insight into the nature and extent of the slave traffic passing through the Port of New Orleans from 1807 through 1860, consist of two types: Inward Slave Manifests, listing the names of enslaved persons who were being shipped to New Orleans for the purpose of being sold there, as well as the names of owners and shippers involved; and Outward Slave Manifests, authorizing the transfer of slaves from New Orleans to other ports, and recording the names of slaves, owners, and shippers.
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the originals from the National Archives.
- OCLC:
- 785645822
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