Certificate for Brazilian ship carrying seven enslaved persons
date: label: Date
content: September 12, 1840
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Captain Joaquin Antonio da Cortá
notes: label: Description
content: A ship certificate for the Brazilian slave ship the Convenção, captained by Joaquin Antonio da Corta. A single page certificate document with writing on the recto in brown ink by three different hands, in both Spanish and Portuguese. At the top left are two stamps: one oval-shaped in black ink depicting a large [2] beneath a rising sun motif; the other is in blue ink and depicts a rooster above a decorative banner reading [SELLO DEL (illegible) / 1810]. The content notes the ship left the coast of Rio de Janeiro and arrived at the port of Montevideo, Uruguay in 1840 with seven enslaved persons on board.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Latin America, South America
label: Place depicted
content: Montevideo, Uruguay, Latin America, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Portuguese colonialism
label: Topic
content: Slave trade
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.1.235.1
objectType: label: Type
content: certificates
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 12 5/16 x 8 7/16 in. (31.3 x 21.4 cm)