Ship manifest detailing the transport of 92 enslaved persons
date: label: Date
content: October 30, 1833
name: label: Signed by
content: John Armfield
label: Signed by
content: Joseph C. Moore
notes: label: Description
content: A handwritten ship's manifest, detailing the transport of ninety-two (92) enslaved persons. The document consists of a single sheet of off-white paper folded in half, with text handwritten in black ink on all pages. On the first page is a sworn, signed statement that the enslaved persons named within the document were not imported after January 1, 1808. Inside and on the back page, the names of ninety-two (92) enslaved persons are listed along with information on "Age," "Feet," "Inch," and "Colour." In the Remarks field, written vertically next to the names of enslaved persons 1-33 is: [Manifest of Negroes, Mulattoes, and persons of Colour, taken on board the Brig Uneas, whereof Joseph C. Moore is Master, further 155 1/25 Tons, to be transported from the Port of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia for the purpose of being sold or disposed of as slaves, or to be held to service or labour. Shipped by Franklin and Armfield over to Isaac Franklin New Orleans.].
label: Description
content: The paper is creased twice horizontally as if to fold it into thirds. There is a hole at the center that extends through all pages.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place depicted
content: Alexandria, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Domestic slave trade
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
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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: 2013.46.6
objectType: label: Type
content: manifests
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 (Folded): 9 13/16 x 7 5/8 in. (24.9 x 19.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Open): 9 13/16 x 15 5/16 in. (24.9 x 38.9 cm)