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Charleston, South Carolina

Silver coffeepot, wooden handle

An assessment of the consequences of Britain's territorial acquisitions at the end of the Seven Years' War, particularly their effects on the slave trade with West Africa and the slave-driven plantation industry in the West Indies. Written by Robert…

An advertisement published in the Newport Mercury demanding that all individuals with debts to the late William Ellery, Sr pay their dues to his son, William Ellery.

The diaries of the prominent Jamaican sugar planter Thomas Thistlewood offer a gruesome look into the commonplace physical and sexual violence of slavery that perpetuated the objectification and oppression of enslaved bodies.

Newspaper article describing two runaway servant boys

Includes the Testimonials of Joseph Galloway, and the comments of General Howe and Germain

The March 24th edition of the North Carolina Gazette, North Carolina's principal newspaper between 1759 and 1778, includes, among other political and commercial articles, the entirety of a speech delivered by Mr. Cruger describing the rebels'…

Joshua Reynold's oil on canvas painting depicting Admiral Rodney standing on a Caribbean island flanked by war ships in the background.

Created a by a Dutch artisan in London, the sugar boxes display an exotic woman cultivating a piece of fertile land. Silver boxes like these were owned by affluent individuals in Europe and often revealed status. Wealthy individuals spent…