Ship Manifest for Schooner, <i>LaFayette</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1833
notes: label: Description
content: This lengthy ship’s manifest documents the cargo of schooner, <i>LaFayette</i>, which transported 83 enslaved men, women, and children from Alexandria, Virginia to Natchez, Mississippi via New Orleans. Operating out of Alexandria, Virginia, the manifest is from a well-known company, Franklin and Armfield. What makes this manifest so unusual and rare is the fact that listed on the document are the names, heights, ages, and complexions of the enslaved passengers as well as the names and residences of the shipper and consignees.
place: label: place of origin
content: United States: Virginia, Norfolk
label: Ship destination
content: United States: Mississippi, Natchez
topic: label: Subject
content: African American
label: Subject
content: Slavery
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0093.01
label: accession number
content: 2007.0093
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0093.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ship manifest
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 3/4 in x 38 in; 40.005 cm x 96.52 cm