| Description |
Source |
| The
voyage to West Africa is described by a Bristol ship's Captain,
1790 |
Captain
W. Black of the Ship Jupiter to James Rogers, owner of The Jupiter,
20th August 1790, PRO, James Rogers Papers C/107/12 |
| Conduct
on board the slave ship Pearl is described by ship's surgeon Dr.
J.P Degravers |
J.P.
Degravers, M.D. to James Rogers, 18 Jan. 1790 PRO, James Rogers
papers C/107/12 |
| Letter
To Captain Richard Prankard Commander of the Unity Snow to Anglola,
Bristol 29th January 1732: |
Bristol
Central Reference Library, The Jefferies Collection: Volume 13 |
| William
Suttclife's letter to the Baptists of Bristol asking for financial
aid for the school for Black children in Kingston |
|
| Extract
of a Letter from Harry Gandy to Grenville Sharp about conditions
faced by slaves, 4th August 1796 |
Gloucester
Record Office, D3549, 131G2 |
| The
death of Ned, A young black boy sent to Bristol is described |
|
| Thomas
Clarkson tells of his worries before researching the slave trade
in Bristol |
Thomas
Clarkson (1808) IN: The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment
of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament
in 2 volumes: Voume 1 p.292-293London: Longman Hunt Rees and Orme |
| John
Wesley attacks the Slave Trade |
John
Wesley (1774)'Thoughts Upon Slavery' 3rd edition, London: R. Hawes |
| Martha
Jenkins , the mother of a sailor, writes to the slave ship owner
c1788 |
Martha
Jenkins to James Rogers Undated, believed c. 1788PRO, C107/7 pt.
2 |
| A
letter from Jane Triscott of Dartmouth, the widow of a sailor who
died on the West India or African run. |
|
| Letter
from Robert Thiennison (?) to James Rogers, slave shipowner concerning
his brother who was a ship's cook on the Pearl. |
PRO
C107/8 |
| Pero:
An outline biography |
Based
on the research of David Small and Christine Eickelmann |
| Felix
Farley, a newspaper owner and Editor writes about commerce |
Felix
Farley, Editor. The Bristol Journal, 25th August 1753 |
| Eyewitness
statement from Alexander Falconbridge, Ship's Surgeon regarding
the treatment of slaves during the Middle Passage |
Felix
Farley's Bristol Journal |
| The
Story of Dinah, a Bristol servant and slave, who escaped from forced
transfer to Jamaica |
Based
on an account in the letters of Hannah More to Horace Walpole, 1790 |
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