U.S. Customs Service records : port of New Orleans, Louisiana inward slave manifests, 1807-1860

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The U.S. Customs records in this collection, which provide insight into the nature and extent of the slave traffic passing through the Port of New Orleans from 1807 through 1860, consist of two typ...

The U.S. Customs records in this collection, which provide insight into the nature and extent of the slave traffic passing through the Port of New Orleans from 1807 through 1860, consist of two types: Inward Slave Manifests, listing the names of enslaved persons who were being shipped to New Orleans for the purpose of being sold there, as well as the names of owners and shippers involved; and Outward Slave Manifests, authorizing the transfer of slaves from New Orleans to other ports, and recording the names of slaves, owners, and shippers.

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