Bilboes Recovered from the Henrietta Marie
Recreations of the bilboes recovered from the shipwrecked slave ship Henrietta Marie. These and shackles like them were used to hold slaves' ankles in place while on the voyage across the Atlantic.
Petitions to British House of Commons in Defense of the Slave Trade
A newspaper article in the Caledonian Mercury describing recent petitions that have gone before Parliament in defense of the British slave trade.
A letter published in Honestus Mercator in July 1740 that argued against the continuation of the slave trade in the British Empire.
A picture of the Door of No Return on Goree Island, in a memorial to slaves who were forcibly held in the prison on Goree Island before being taken across the Atlantic.
An ongoing correspondence between Major General Heath, Lieutenant General Burgoyne, General Phillips, and General Howe.
A register of the provisions for troops already in America.
A portion of a muster roll including discharged officers, discharged and disbanded soldiers and loyalists that came to Annapolis between June 18th and 24th in 1784. Specifically, "Fortune - a free Negro" is thought to be Rose Fortune's father and she is the child over 10 included in the muster roll.
Ward Chipman papers at the Library and Archives Canada
A watercolor painting of Rose Fortune by an unknown artist at an unknown date.
The ledgers of a prominent British slave trader Cranfield Becher that demonstrate the cold, dehumanizing economic language of the slave trade.