Slave Ships. These are pages from a book. Page 21 is a picture and description of a slave ship. Many slaves died on the voyage. Those who survived would guarantee a healthy profit for the slave traders and shipping merchants who participated in the enterprise.
Page 23 is Flora , sold for 25 pounds sterling. As abundant tobacco crops created affluence and ease, slaves became the most esteemed property in the colonies and a measure of a man's success. This pen and ink sketch was originally executed to accompany a 1796 bill of sale, transferring ownership of Flora from Margaret Dwight to Asa Benjamin.
There is an ad for a runaway slave in the Carolina Gazette.
Page 27 there is a painting (Olaudah Equiano, Oil 1780s(previously attributed to Joshua Reynolds). He was kidnapped at the age of 8 and sold into slavery, He escaped and lived to record his story.
