An Abstract of Cargoe for the Windward Coast Africa

An Abstract of Cargoe for the Windward Coast Africa

Slave trade -- Côte d'Ivoire

Slave trade -- Great Britain

Great Britain -- Commerce -- Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire -- Commerce -- Great Britain

Abstract listing the cargo of an unknown slave trader bound for the Windward Coast of Africa, modern Côte d'Ivoire. The trader was most likely from Liverpool as some of the cargo is from Manchester. The cargo consists chiefly of manufactured goods including cloth, beads, muskets and spirits. Much of the cloth is Indian in origin, chiloes, brawles, niccaneees, and bijudipauts. There are some raw materials including lead and iron listed in the cargo. The mention of cloth from Benin "if to be gott' implies trading en route. The cargo was to be traded for 250 slaves. There is a notation in pencil which may suggest 40 of the slaves were lost during the voyage. Slavevoyages.org shows one voyage in 1756 that left Africa with 250 slaves and reached America with 210 [see entry 24046]. That voyage was undertaken by the Bromley commanded by Captain Collins. There is a brief notice of the Bromley's arrival at Barbados in Read's Weekly Journal, or British Gazeteer dated May 15, 1756.

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1756

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An Abstract of a Cargoe for the Windward Coast

		s	[£]	[s]	[p]
80. ps.	Bandannoes 1/2 flowd. 1/2 plain a	20/	£ 80
20. ps.	Blue & White Callicoes	21/	21
80. ps.	Blue Ramilies	13/6	54
50. ps.	Cotton Ditto	11/6	28	15
20. ps.	plaid Ramilies Manchester	10/	10
200.	Blue Basts India	21/	210
10.	Ditto Manchester all Cotton	25/	12	10
30.	Blue Basts Linnen Manchester	18/	27
						£ 443..5
30. ps	plaid Chiloes 18 yds each	16/6	24	15
30. ps	Ditto Ditto 9     each	8/3	12	7	6
30. Ps	Turkey plaid Checks	16/	24
50 ps	3/4 Linnen Checks 20 yds each	10/9	26	17	6
50 ps.	yd wide ditto ditto	14/6	36	5
50 .	Brawles 25 Cotton & 25 Linnen	6/	15
70. ps	Long Niccanees all Cotton	18/	63
80. ps	short Ditto Ditto	13/	52
						£ 254..5
20.	All Cotton Niganipauts	25/	25
20.	All Linnen Ditto	18/	18
20.	All Cotton Bijudipauts	25/	25
20.	All Linnen Ditto	18/	18
50.	Long Chiloes all Cotton 18. yds	18/	45
50.	Short Ditto ditto 9	9/	22	10
80. ps.	Red Plains	10/	40
						193..10
24.	Dozen Worsted Caps	5/	6
18.	Do. Mens Flelt Hatts	15/	13	10
12.	Mens Dutch Caps Laced	10/	6
						25..10
	Bennin high Cloths if to be got					50
	Carried Over					£ 966..10
	Brot Over					£ 966..10
300.	Bunches small Black Beads.
100.	Bunches small White Ditto		35
200.	Bunches small Red pipe
50.	Bunches large Mungie
50.	head small black Seed Beads
50.	head small White Ditto		18
100	head small White Barricorn
50	head small black Ditto
3.	hhds Tobacco large hands		£ 30
800.	Gallons Malt Spirits	at 16d	53	6	8
						83..6..8
58	Barrels Gunpowder		20	3
1334	Hegs for Ditto of 2320 a Barrel	6/	33	7
						236..7..
600.	Lead Barrs		18
400.	3tt Pewter Basons
	a 10d/	60
200.	2tt Ditto
250.	Legs Manilies
200.	Arms Manilies		15
1.	Box Copper Rods		6
						99 .. ..
450.	Kettles Sorted		220
120.	Neptunes		70
750.	Guinea Pans		70
300.	Irons Barrs		60
						420 .. ..
500.	Square Musketts
100.	Round Ditto Varnish'd Stocks		210
600.	Catch trading Guns	6/8	200
20	Carv'd Birding Guns	11/	11
30.	plain ditto	10/	15
20	Buccaneirs	9/8	9	13	4
						445..13..4
	Carried Over					£ 2318..17
	Brot. Over					£ 2318..2..
		s
30.	Trading Beech Musketts a	9/6	14	5
20.	Gross Knives	20/	£  20
12	Gross pipes & 6 Boxes		2	10
8.	Dozn Snuff Boxes sorted		2
400.	Cardavines Locks ye	at 2/	40
	Bottles & Corks for ditto		27
30.	Chests & Locks &amp locks		7	10
1	Dozen Snuff		1
						100.. ..
						Amount £ 2418..2..

1756
Abstract of a Cargoe
for the Windward Coast
Africa. For 250
Slaves in a Ship of
100 Tons Carpenters
Measure