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Letter; trade, election, family news
Description:
Papers of the Duncomb family.
Letter from (unknown) to Duncomb regarding trade (the ship the Juba ), a contested election and family news.
Date: April 13 1769
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
Object ID:DM 1061
Estimate of a cargo
Description:
Papers of the Duncomb family.
Estimate of a cargo for 50 Negroes to Bynin (Benin, Africa). The cargo listed here consists of different types of bead, including the highly prized coral beads which were used as a status symbol by royalty and nobility in Benin. Total estimated value, £1605 6s 6d.
The language used to describe people of African descent in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries is unacceptable in today’s terms. We cannot avoid using this language in its original context. To change the words would impose 20th century attitudes on history.
Date: 1769
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
Estimate of cargo on the Hungerford
Description:
Papers of the Duncomb family.
Estimate of a cargo for the ship, the Hungerford, to New Calabar for 400 Negroes .
Cargo includes an estimated 850 muskets, 450 blunderbuses, 170 barrels of gunpowder, 2002 pieces of cloth, 400 brass pans (Neptunes ), beads, hats, lead, shot for the guns, knives and iron pots. Total estimated value, £4804 125 0d, equivalent to 28975 barrs , the unit of currency used in trade in West Africa.
The language used to describe people of African descent in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries is unacceptable in today’s terms. We cannot avoid using this language in its original context. To change the words would impose 20th century attitudes on history.
Date: May 1769
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
Object ID:DM 15
Whip used on plantation
Description:
Whip made from the bark of the Lace tree. Such a whip would be used on plantations for whipping animals, and probably enslaved Africans.
Copyright: Copyright British Empire Commonwealth Mu
Object ID:2003/104/001
Weight for gold dust
Description:
Weight in the shape of a man (possibly a chief) sitting on a stool. Such weights were used for measuring gold dust, by the Asante people of Ghana, West Africa.
Creator: Asante
Copyright: Copyright British Empire Commonwealth Mu
Object ID:2002/223/008
Weight for gold dust
Description:
Weight in the shape of a game called oware, or mancala. A popular game in Africa, which may have originated in Egypt. It is a game of strategy for two players, requiring quick thinking and good mental arithmetic. Such weights were used for measuring gold dust, by the Asante people of Ghana, West Africa.
Copyright: Copyright British Empire Commonwealth Mu
Object ID:1998/130/128
Weights for gold dust
Description:
Three geometric weights with line design. Used for measuring gold dust, by the Asante people of Ghana, West Africa.
Creator: Asante
Copyright: Copyright British Empire Commonwealth Mu
Object ID:1998-130-177-130
Weights for gold dust
Description:
Five geometric weights. Used for measuring gold dust, by the Asante people of Ghana, West Africa.
Creator: Asante
Copyright: Copyright British Empire Commonwealth Mu
Object ID:1998/130/178
Weights for gold dust
Description:
Two geometric weights with line design. Used for measuring gold dust, by the Asante people of Ghana, West Africa.
Creator: Asante
Copyright: Copyright British Empire Commonwealth Mu
Object ID:1998/130/166
Weights for gold dust
Description:
Three geometric weights in the shape of pyramids. Used for measuring gold dust,by the Asante people of Ghana, West Africa.
Creator: Asante
Copyright: Copyright British Empire Commonwealth Mu
Object ID:1998/130/166/178
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