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eceipt for $1235.00 for sale of Albert to S.O. Wood, Receipt for $1,310.00 for purchase of slave Susan

eceipt for $1235.00 for sale of Albert to S.O. Wood, Receipt for $1,31...

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Population of Albany County & Indians 1689 - 1698.

Population of Albany County & Indians 1689 - 1698.

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Comparative table of populations in the Province of New York, 1703-1712.

Comparative table of populations in the Province of New York, 1703-171...

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An account of the families of Germans settled on Hudson's River in the Province of New York, 1718.

An account of the families of Germans settled on Hudson's River in the...

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An account of the number of people in the Province of New York, A.D. 1723.

An account of the number of people in the Province of New York, A.D. 1...

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Contract of sale of Mr. DePradines to Mr. Peter Jacques before Mons Pasquier

Contract of sale of Mr. DePradines to Mr. Peter Jacques before Mons Pa...

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Traduction faite par nous interprette juré au sage de L’Amirante de Guienne mot a mot suit la Tenuer Grenade

Traduction faite par nous interprette juré au sage de L’Amirante de Gu...

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Letter, Grenada plantation records

Letter, Grenada plantation records

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Le Conseil Soussigné qui a vu le contract de marriage Du Sr. Jean Baptiste Lataste et Dem lle Louise Francoise

Le Conseil Soussigné qui a vu le contract de marriage Du Sr. Jean Bapt...

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Sale of the Plantation called Brienner in the Plaine of St. Patrick’s from Mr. & Madam Pou Jacque to Mr. Lataste Recrite

Sale of the Plantation called Brienner in the Plaine of St. Patrick’s ...

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Release of the Brienne Estate from John Harvey to Sir George Amyand Baronet

Release of the Brienne Estate from John Harvey to Sir George Amyand Ba...

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Amyand to Bosangnet, Grenada plantation records

Amyand to Bosangnet, Grenada plantation records

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I Amyand to W Price, Grenada plantation records

I Amyand to W Price, Grenada plantation records

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Two letters from Boyd & Bordeaux, Grenada plantation records

Two letters from Boyd & Bordeaux, Grenada plantation records

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Note from Waldo to George re: enabling Wood & Trevanion to give bond to George

Note from Waldo to George re: enabling Wood & Trevanion to give bond t...

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Mr. Harvey’s title deed for the plantation called Brienne in the plain of Santeurs

Mr. Harvey’s title deed for the plantation called Brienne in the plain...

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Procés verbaux des operations de Latty arpenteur, pour L’Etabliss emente des bornes entre la veuve Jacques et les voisins, quartier de la plaine des Santeurs de l’Isle de la Grenade

Procés verbaux des operations de Latty arpenteur, pour L’Etabliss emen...

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Jannier procés verbaux des operations de Latty arpenteur, pour reconnoitre les bornes de L’habitaŏn de la Veuve Jacques a la plaine des Santeurs de l’Isle de la Grenade

Jannier procés verbaux des operations de Latty arpenteur, pour reconno...

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Vente et adjudication habitation du heritiere Jacques au P. Lataste

Vente et adjudication habitation du heritiere Jacques au P. Lataste

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Sale by the heirs of Jacques to P. Lataste, Grenada plantation records

Sale by the heirs of Jacques to P. Lataste, Grenada plantation records

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Sale of la Plaine by Madame Pou Jacq to Mr. Lataste

Sale of la Plaine by Madame Pou Jacq to Mr. Lataste

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Marriage Contract of John Baptiste & Laura Francoise le Mesle, Grenada plantation records

Marriage Contract of John Baptiste & Laura Francoise le Mesle, Grenada...

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Vida de la venerable negra, la madre sor Theresa Juliana de Santo Domingo, de feliz memoria: religiosa profesa de la Tercera Orden de N.P.S. to Domingo en el religiosissimo convent de Dominicas, vulgo de La Penitencia, de la ciudad de Salamanca. Compuesta por un devoto de S. n. Vicente Ferrer, quien la dedica al mismo santo. Volume II

Vida de la venerable negra, la madre sor Theresa Juliana de Santo Domi...

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Relation d'une conspiration tramée par les nègres : dans l'îsle de S. Domingue

Relation d'une conspiration tramée par les nègres : dans l'îsle de S. ...

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John Harvey to Sir George Amyand Baronet, Grenada plantation records

John Harvey to Sir George Amyand Baronet, Grenada plantation records

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John Harvey to Sir George Amyand Baronet, Grenada plantation records

John Harvey to Sir George Amyand Baronet, Grenada plantation records

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Letter from John Harvey re: Estate of Madame Regis, Grenada plantation records

Letter from John Harvey re: Estate of Madame Regis, Grenada plantation...

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Letter from John Harvey to George Amyand re: Acknowledgment of purchase of estate

Letter from John Harvey to George Amyand re: Acknowledgment of purchas...

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Letter from George Amyand re: Bills to estate, Grenada plantation records

Letter from George Amyand re: Bills to estate, Grenada plantation reco...

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Letter from John Harvey to Wood & Trevanion re: Terms of payment for estate

Letter from John Harvey to Wood & Trevanion re: Terms of payment for e...

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Extract of letter from John Harvey to Wood & Trevanion, Grenada plantation records

Extract of letter from John Harvey to Wood & Trevanion, Grenada planta...

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Letter to John Harvey from Holford re: Payments, Grenada plantation records

Letter to John Harvey from Holford re: Payments, Grenada plantation re...

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Copy of Letter to John Harvey, Grenada plantation records

Copy of Letter to John Harvey, Grenada plantation records

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Letter to Mrs. Regis re: Estate, Grenada plantation records

Letter to Mrs. Regis re: Estate, Grenada plantation records

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Letter from George Amyand to John Harvey re: Acceptance of conditions

Letter from George Amyand to John Harvey re: Acceptance of conditions

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Letters re: Estate of Rochambard, Grenada plantation records

Letters re: Estate of Rochambard, Grenada plantation records

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Letter to John Harvey re: Agreement to purchase Rochambard Estate

Letter to John Harvey re: Agreement to purchase Rochambard Estate

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Letter to Madame, Grenada plantation records

Letter to Madame, Grenada plantation records

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Copy of letter to John Harvey from London, Grenada plantation records

Copy of letter to John Harvey from London, Grenada plantation records

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Letter to John Harvey from London re: payments, Grenada plantation records

Letter to John Harvey from London re: payments, Grenada plantation rec...

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Letter from John Harvey to Sir George Amyand, Grenada plantation records

Letter from John Harvey to Sir George Amyand, Grenada plantation recor...

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Letter of Attorney re: Deeds of sale, Grenada plantation records

Letter of Attorney re: Deeds of sale, Grenada plantation records

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Copy of letter to John Harvey, Grenada plantation records

Copy of letter to John Harvey, Grenada plantation records

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Letter from John Harvey re: Lataste & Toyfons Estate, Grenada plantation records

Letter from John Harvey re: Lataste & Toyfons Estate, Grenada plantati...

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John Harvey to Sir George Amyand Baronet, Grenada plantation records

John Harvey to Sir George Amyand Baronet, Grenada plantation records

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Letter from Waldo to Edward Horne, Grenada plantation records

Letter from Waldo to Edward Horne, Grenada plantation records

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Letter from Wood to Trebel re: Payment to estate, Grenada plantation records

Letter from Wood to Trebel re: Payment to estate, Grenada plantation r...

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Copy of letter from John Harvey to Sir George Amyand Baronet

Copy of letter from John Harvey to Sir George Amyand Baronet

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The Underwritten counselor who hath seen the contract of marriage of M. John Baptiste Lataste and Miss Louisa Francoise Le Mesle

The Underwritten counselor who hath seen the contract of marriage of M...

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Letter dated November 22, 1771, Grenada plantation records

Letter dated November 22, 1771, Grenada plantation records

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James & Ang. Boyd to Wood & Trevanion, Grenada plantation records

James & Ang. Boyd to Wood & Trevanion, Grenada plantation records

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James & Ang. Boyd to Wood & Trevanion, Grenada plantation records

James & Ang. Boyd to Wood & Trevanion, Grenada plantation records

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Le Mesle Lataste to White Cranicourts, Grenada plantation records

Le Mesle Lataste to White Cranicourts, Grenada plantation records

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Chamberlagne & White, Grenada plantation records

Chamberlagne & White, Grenada plantation records

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Appraisal of Property -- Samuel Turner Estate. [Appraisal of slaves from the estate of Samuel Turner, listing names of slaves and their values, 1772]

Appraisal of Property -- Samuel Turner Estate. [Appraisal of slaves fr...

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Statistics of the population of the Province of New York, 1647-1774. [Cover page]

Statistics of the population of the Province of New York, 1647-1774. [...

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Revolutionary War [Request for compensation to be paid to Nathaniel Seely for his slave, Amos Seely, who was killed in the Revolutionary War, 1783. Top reads "pay-table office, July 30th, 1783..."]

Revolutionary War [Request for compensation to be paid to Nathaniel Se...

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Lafayette, James Armistead [Facsimile of the Marquis de Lafayette's original certificate commending James Armistead Lafayette for his revolutionary war service with portrait after John B. Martin.]

Lafayette, James Armistead [Facsimile of the Marquis de Lafayette's or...

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Precis. Haiti - Public domain document scan

Precis. Haiti - Public domain document scan

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Part IV. [No. 3]Trade of particular towns (cont'd.) and [No. 4] The Import and Export of Negros

Part IV. [No. 3]Trade of particular towns (cont'd.) and [No. 4] The Im...

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Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa
Slave Ship La Concorde. Haiti - Public domain document scan

Slave Ship La Concorde. Haiti - Public domain document scan

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Slave Ship La Concorde - Letter. Haiti

Slave Ship La Concorde - Letter. Haiti

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Révolte générale des Nègres. Massacre des Blancs, title page

Révolte générale des Nègres. Massacre des Blancs, title page

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An inquiry into the causes of the insurrection of the Negroes in the island of St. Domingo : to which are added, observations of M. Garran-Coulon on the same subject, read in his absence by M. Guadet, before the National Assembly, 29th Feb. 1792
E. Polverel and L. F. Sonthonax, Civil Commissars Delegates to the French Islands; Cap-Français, St. Domingue

E. Polverel and L. F. Sonthonax, Civil Commissars Delegates to the Fre...

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National Civil Commission of the Republic; E. Polverel and L. F. Sonthonax, Civil Commissars Delegates to the French Islands; Cap-Francais, St. Domingue

National Civil Commission of the Republic; E. Polverel and L. F. Sonth...

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Les Liliacees: Femme Houzouana

Les Liliacees: Femme Houzouana

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Les Liliacees: Femme Caffre.

Les Liliacees: Femme Caffre.

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Les Liliacees: Hottentote A Tablier.

Les Liliacees: Hottentote A Tablier.

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Les Liliacees: Campement Au Heere Logement.  A Gratte du Heere Logement.

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Les Liliacees: Jeune Caffre.

Les Liliacees: Jeune Caffre.

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Les Liliacees: Campement Sur L'Habitation De J. Slaber, A Thee-Fontyn

Les Liliacees: Campement Sur L'Habitation De J. Slaber, A Thee-Fontyn

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Les Liliacees: Passage de la Riviere Des Elephants

Les Liliacees: Passage de la Riviere Des Elephants

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Les Liliacees: Femme Houzouana

Les Liliacees: Femme Houzouana

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Les Liliacees: La Hottentote.

Les Liliacees: La Hottentote.

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Les Liliacees: Houzouana

Les Liliacees: Houzouana

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Les Liliacees: Houzouana

Les Liliacees: Houzouana

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Les Liliacees: Camp a une Horde de Caffres detruits.

Les Liliacees: Camp a une Horde de Caffres detruits.

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Victor Pierre Malouet, Representative at St. Domingue: London. Haiti

Victor Pierre Malouet, Representative at St. Domingue: London. Haiti

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L. F. Sonthonax, Commissar Delegate of the French government; Cap-Francais, St. Domingue

L. F. Sonthonax, Commissar Delegate of the French government; Cap-Fran...

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Toussaint Louverture, General-in-Chief of St. Domingue. Haiti

Toussaint Louverture, General-in-Chief of St. Domingue. Haiti

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Jack attacked by Quashe and Sam

Jack attacked by Quashe and Sam

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Pascal, General Secretary of the Civil Commission. Haiti

Pascal, General Secretary of the Civil Commission. Haiti

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Henri Christophe. Haiti

Henri Christophe. Haiti

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Jn. Bizouard; Cap-Francais, St. Domingue. Haiti

Jn. Bizouard; Cap-Francais, St. Domingue. Haiti

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Two letters signed to the Prefet Colonial in St. Domingue

Two letters signed to the Prefet Colonial in St. Domingue

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French Negroes" in Courier of New Hampshire, November 11, 1802.

French Negroes" in Courier of New Hampshire, November 11, 1802.

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Birth Certificate for child named Charity, born to Nanny, signed by Elizabeth Maunsell, Harlem, New York

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Birth Certificate for child named Jane, born to Maria, signed by Roger Parmele, City of New York

Birth Certificate for child named Jane, born to Maria, signed by Roger...

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Woodage Asahel.  Abyssinian Lady of Quality.

Woodage Asahel. Abyssinian Lady of Quality.

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No.1 A Table of Hieroglyphics, Found at Axum 1771

No.1 A Table of Hieroglyphics, Found at Axum 1771

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Canja under Sail - Egypt

Canja under Sail - Egypt

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Kefla Abay, High Priest of the Nile

Kefla Abay, High Priest of the Nile

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Section of the Canja.  A. Planks sewed together without nailing.

Section of the Canja. A. Planks sewed together without nailing.

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Arab of Loheia, Tribe Beni Koreish

Arab of Loheia, Tribe Beni Koreish

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Ozoro Esther.  Tecla Mariam.  Kefla Yasous.

Ozoro Esther. Tecla Mariam. Kefla Yasous.

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Caty Ann Birth Certificate - Public domain document scan

Caty Ann Birth Certificate - Public domain document scan

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Letter begins, "We William Bryan Anderson Rice and Matthew Rice being first sworn..." Lists slaves, animals, etc and values for each.

Letter begins, "We William Bryan Anderson Rice and Matthew Rice being ...

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Begins "I certify that negro named Jenny is at liberty to hire herself for an honest livelihood..."

Begins "I certify that negro named Jenny is at liberty to hire herself...

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