Wage book for the slave trading ship True Blue captained by Richard Griffiths
date: label: Date
content: 1770-1772
name: label: Written by
content: Richard Griffiths, English
label: Subject of
content: William Davenport, English, 1725 - 1797
notes: label: Description
content: This bound volume contains information regarding Captain Richard Griffiths and his crew aboard the slave trading ship True Blue, sailing from Liverpool, England to Benin and on to Kingston, Jamaica. The covers are made from a red marbled paper and the text [Ship / True Blue / Wages Book / Sail’d 6 april 1770] is written on the front cover in ink. The eighty-three (83) total interior pages have text pertaining to the 41 members of the crew, debits (including brandy, cloth, other goods, cash advances, and hospital money) and credits (including, to the Captain, "3 Privilige Slaves"). Most of the accounts concluding with an acknowledgement of receipt of the final sum due signed by either the crewmember or their beneficiary. It also recorded the 24 deaths and 1 desertion among the crew. The volume makes little note of the cargo of enslaved persons, of whom 365 embarked in Benin and only 206 disembarked in Kingston.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Liverpool, England, Europe
label: Place depicted
content: Benin, West Africa, Africa
label: Place depicted
content: Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Middle Passage
label: Topic
content: Trans Atlantic slave trade
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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
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
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: 2012.5.3
objectType: label: Type
content: account books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7 7/8 x 6 5/16 in. (20 x 16 cm)