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Newspaper ad for New York merchant with imports from London

Kingston, Jamaica

The ledgers of a prominent British slave trader Cranfield Becher that demonstrate the cold, dehumanizing economic language of the slave trade.

A letter supposedly written by Sir Robert Pigot, the commander of British forces during the Battle of Rhode Island to Sir Henry Clinton. The letter follows with commentary by an anonymous "American Officer" who generally states that Pigot overstated…

Reprinted letter from Bristol to London, recounting an appeal from Bristol merchants to sympathize with the American cause. Disseminated in a London newspaper.

A letter from Deputy Governor Nicholas Cooke to the James Rose, the commander of the HMS Rose, stationed in Newport.

A letter published inHonestus Mercator in July 1740 that argued against the continuation of the slave trade in the British Empire.

A map from 1773 made by James Cook

Depicts the townships of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut and maps the geographical landmarks of these areas, including rivers, forests, mountains and coastlines.