Description:

Bill of lading for beads, shipped by Noblett Ruddock on the ship the Fierce Gally from Bristol to Africa, 1720. Ruddock was a merchant of Bristol with many trading interests. He invested in the trading of slaves and dealt in slave-produced goods such as sugar and tobacco.

A bill of lading is an official record of goods being carried on a ship.

Date: 1720

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