Enslavementto
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Harrisburg on the eve of Civil War
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Enslaved Persons Shipped
to New Orleans Aboard the Barque Hermitage, October 1846
The image below is of a Baltimore manifest for the barque Hermitage, shipping enslaved persons owned by Hope Hull Slatter to New Orleans in October 1846:
List of Names Taken from Above
MANIFEST of NEGROES, MULATTOS, and PERSONS OF COLOR, taken on board the Barque Hermitage whereof John H. Fry is Master, burthen 317 tons, to be transported to the port of New Orleans in the district of Louisiana for the purpose of being sold or disposed of as slaves, or to be held to service or labor.
28 October 1846
Number of Entry. | Names. | Sex Male Female | Age. | Height Feet Inches | Whether Negro, Mulatto, or Person of Color.
1. Salisbury Dardey, male, 20, 5'9", Black
2. Lewis Coward, male, 20, 5'9", Black
3. Charles Brown, male, 25, 5'8", Black
4. James Ambush, male, 35, 5'8", Yellow
5. Warren Berrey, male, 23, 5'6", Brown
6. Robert Johnson, male, 19, 5'7", Black
7. Luke Burns, male, 20, 5'8", Black
8. Charles Blackiston, male, 22, 5'7", Black
9. William Dukes, male, 18, 5'5", Black
10. Nick Smith, male, 32, 5'5", Black
11. Jacob Stevenson, male, 17, 5'2", Yellow
12. Rebecca Hayes, female, 35, 5'1", Black
13. Sarah Myers, female, 25, 5'7", Black
14. Elizabeth Steward, female, 19, 5'3", Black
15. Levenia Steward, female, 19, 5'4", Black
16. Elizabeth Harris, female, 20, 5'4", Yellow
17. Infant Harris, female, -, -, -, Yellow
18. Elizabeth Thompson, female, 28, 5'4", Black
19. Charity Hinson, female, 18, 5'3", Black
20. Mary Ann Johnson, female, 18, 5'2", Black
21. Emaline Bright, female, 20, 5'1", Black
22. Louisa Davis, female, 19, 5'1", Black
23. Jane Lewis, female, 20, 5'6", Yellow
24. Infant Lewis, female, -, -, -, Yellow
25. Eliza Soarenssel, female, 16, 5'2", Black
26. Anne Holland, female, 32, 5'2", Black
27. Henrietta Holland, female, 16, 5'2", Black
28. Sarah Holland, female, 6, 3'8", Black
29. Eliza Culver, female, 10, 4'4", Black
30. Henney Kerr, female, 8, 3'9", Yellow
31. Annice Dawnes, female, 24, 5'3", Brown
32. James Welsh, male, 21, 5'11", Black
33. Phil Demby, male, 21, 5'6", Black
34. James Demby, male, 25, 5'3", Black
35. Mary Ann, female, 15, 5'0", Black
36. Richard Campbell, male, 35, 6'0", Black
37. Tamal, female, 13, 4'8", Brown
38. William Jones, male, 23, 5'11", Black
39. James Jones, male, 25, 5'7", Black
40. Samuel Jones, male, 21, 5'7", Black
41. Thomas Jones, male, 20, 5'6", Black
42. Maria Jones, female, 25, 5'5", Black
43. Infant Jones, female, -,-,-, Black
44. Sarah Jones, female, 5, 3'6", Black
45. Mary Jones, female, 3, 2'6", Black
46. John Cottman, male, 62, 5'8", Black
47. Friendship Cottman, male, 50, 5'9", Yellow
[Crossed out: George Willingman, male, 18, 5'3", Black]
48. Louisa Langley H.F.S., female, 10, 4'4", Yellow
The Year of Jubilee
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by George F. Nagle
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