Manifest for the ship Fashion listing an enslaved girl, Sally, age 14
Object Details
- Description
- This pre-printed and handwritten form is a slave manifest for the ship Fashion with a home port of New York traveling from Port Pontchartrain in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mobile, Alabama, dated January 27, 1844. The document is signed by the ship's owner, John P. Torrey and the ship's master, S. W. Fullerton. One enslaved girl named Sally, aged 14, is listed on the manifest. The reverse of the form has pre-printed and handwritten text granting permission for the ship's travel to Mobile.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- January 27, 1844
- Object number
- 2014.174.4
- Signed by
- John P. Torrey
- S. W. Fullerton
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- ships' manifests
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 1/4 × 13 5/8 in. (21 × 34.6 cm)
- Place used
- Port Pontchartrain, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
- Topic
- African American
- Business
- Children
- Commerce
- Domestic slave trade
- Fancy Girl trade
- Slavery
- Transportation
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.174.4
