Brig Othello's People, Augt 1772

Brig Othello's People, Augt 1772

Othello (Brig)

Slave ships

Slave trade -- Africa

Slave trade -- Rhode Island

Slave trade -- Virginia

Manuscript account of items and money issued to the crew of the brig Othello. The Othello was a slave ship owned by Samuel and William Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island. It departed Rhode Island August 23, 1772 bound for Africa and brought the slaves it obtained to Rappahannock in Virignia. The details of this voyage are recorded in The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database. Correspondence concerning this voyage may be found in Donnan, Elizabeth, ed. Documents illustrative of the slave trade to America. Vol. 3. New York: Octagon Books, 1969.

Othello (Brig)

Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

1772-1774

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