Description
- Abstract:
- The Sally was not the Brown family's first foray into the transatlantic slave trade. In 1736, James and Obadiah Brown, father and uncle to the four Brown brothers, dispatched the Mary to West Africa. In 1759, Obadiah and his nephews, John and Nicholas, joined with five other investors to launch the Wheel of Fortune. The ship, under the command of William Earle, reached Africa safely, but was captured by a French privateer on its return journey, resulting in a substantial financial setback for the owners. This document, dated January 2, 1759, is the official manifest of the Wheel. It includes the names of the captain and owners, as well as a brief description of the ship's cargo, chiefly rum.
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- No Copyright - United States
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- Collection is open for research.
Citation
"Manifest of the Wheel:
January 2, 1759
"
(1759).
Voyage of the Sally, Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:303414/
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