Cargo for Affrica inventories 1764 eng 1 p. This undated memorandum, headed "Cargo for Affrica," lists goods that had been or were still to be loaded onto the Sally for its slaving voyage to Africa. The list includes foodstuffs, naval stores, and over two hundred hogsheads of rum. Rum, distilled from sugar produced by West Indian slaves, was the standard trade good carried on Rhode Island slave ships, which were known on the African coast as "rum men." The Sally's cargo included over 17,274 gallons of New England rum. University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice 17 http://dl.lib.brown.edu/slaveryandjustice BFBR 643-5, item 10 1157641544732541No Copyright - United StatesCollection is open for research.