Ship Manifest for Schooner, LaFayette
Ship Manifest for Schooner, LaFayette
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- Description
- This lengthy ship’s manifest documents the cargo of schooner, LaFayette, 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.
- Object Name
- Ship manifest
- date made
- 1833
- place of origin
- United States: Virginia, Norfolk
- Ship destination
- United States: Mississippi, Natchez
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15 3/4 in x 38 in; 40.005 cm x 96.52 cm
- ID Number
- 2007.0093.01
- accession number
- 2007.0093
- catalog number
- 2007.0093.01
- subject
- African American
- Slavery
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- Exhibition
- Many Voices, One Nation
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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