Inward Manifest, New Orleans, February 13, 1832, Ajax
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12016-04-07T10:27:16-07:00Researching Slavery's Capitalism4Research Databases and Resourcesplain2016-04-07T10:42:19-07:00What sources supplied the data for the book? This page details some important archives for the study of slavery's capitalism or the relationship between African American slavery and nineteenth-century capitalism.
The Domestic Slave Trade
One of the principal resources is slave ship manifests listing names, ages, and physical descriptions of captives consigned to saltwater passages. Manifests were required by federal law beginning in the 1810s and are U.S. Customs records. The largest online collection is indexed and digitized by Ancestry.com and is available for free with an Ancestry login: New Orleans, Louisiana, Slave Manifests, 1807-1860. Examples of manifests from this collection include this 1832 manifest of the merchant brigantine Ajax, to which Rice C. Ballard consigned captives for the passage to New Orleans.
12016-04-07T11:27:06-07:00Slave Ships: National Archives Slave Manifests, New Orleans, 1807-18604Slave Ship Manifests, New Orleans, Record Group 36, National Archives and Records Administration, Hosted by Ancestry.complain2016-04-07T11:32:27-07:00This is a premier collection of U.S. slave ships entering and departing New Orleans, from 1807 to 1860, with certain years excepted. Each slave ship manifests lists names, ages, and physical descriptions of captives consigned to saltwater passages. Manifests were required by federal law beginning in the 1810s and are U.S. Customs records. The largest online collection is indexed and digitized by Ancestry.com and is available for free with an Ancestry login: New Orleans, Louisiana, Slave Manifests, 1807-1860. Examples of manifests from this collection include this 1832 manifest of the merchant brigantine Ajax, to which Rice C. Ballard consigned captives for the passage to New Orleans.
