A Guide to the Slaveship "Elizabeth" Records 1750
A Collection in
Special Collections
Collection Number Ms1974-001
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Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Slaveship "Elizabeth" Records must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Preferred Citation
Slaveship "Elizabeth" Records, 1750, Ms1974-001, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Scope and Content Information
Six manuscript pages concerning the sale of indigo, unrefined sugar, and 324 guinea slaves to M. de Fleurian by Captain Audebert of the Navire l'Elizabet de la Rochelle in St. Dominique in 1750. The pages are written in French, and cover the period 7 April to 5 June 1750.
Arrangement
The documents are arranged in chronological order.
Contents List
Debit ledger accounts (5 June 1750), original and a copy, the original signed by de Fleurian and Audebert.
Credit ledger accounts (5 June 1750), original and a copy, the original signed by de Fleurian and Audebert.
Receipt (5 June 1750), signed by Audebert.
"Liasse de Compter" (June 1750), an unsigned slip of paper