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Williamsburg, Virginia

Porcelain; 30.7cm tall; octagonal with alternating images of landscapes and exotic birds; gilded edges.

A set of wooden slave shackles used by Umbundu captors in Central Africa (modern-day Angola).

Newspaper advertisement of a New York Merchant's sale of household items.

An advertisement in the Newport Mercury outlining property for sale, facilitated by William Ellery

A newspaper advertisement by wealthy land owner Philip Schuyler for a total of over 9000 acres of land

A jeweler and goldsmith advertises swords in a New York Newspaper

A hand colored map of the island of Jamaica, depicting colonial Jamaica's counties, mills, slave quarters, ports, places to drop anchor, pictorial reliefs. The map also includes two images alluding to the wealth of Jamaica.

A hand colored map of the island of Jamaica, depicting colonial Jamaica's counties, mills, slave quarters, ports, places to drop anchor, pictorial reliefs. The map also includes two images alluding to the wealth of Jamaica.

Written by a West Indian Planter, “The West India Merchant” first appeared in the London Evening Post in January of 1776. The pamphlet highlights the concerns of the West India interest namely the threat of economic catastrophe if relations between…