Description
- Abstract:
- This document, dated September 10, 1764, is a receipt for 121 ells of ticklenberg from Thomas and John Greene. A coarse linen cloth named for the German city in which it was first manufactured, ticklenberg was often marketed in the West Indies to make clothing for slaves, but it was also sometimes traded on the West African coast. An ell was a unit of length, usually about 45 inches.
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- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
Green, Thomas, and Green, John,
"Receipt for 121 ells of ticklenberg:
September 10, 1764
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(1764).
Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:303211/
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