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Letter, John Smith to S Munckley
Description:
Letter from John Smith, Commander of the ship Clifton. Smith was from Barbados in the Caribbean and Ilfracombe in Devon.The letter is to the owners of Samuel Munckley and Co, regarding a voyage to Barbados, and the return passage.
Samuel Munckley was a ship owner and merchant of Bristol, 1720 – 1802.
Date: 4 December 1761 - 17 March 1762
Copyright: Copyright BCC Record Office
Object ID:AC/MU 1 (8) ci
Letter, John Smith to S Munckley
Description:
Letter from John Smith, Commander of the ship Clifton. Smith was from Barbados in the Caribbean and Ilfracombe in Devon.The letter is to the owners of Samuel Munckley and Co, regarding a voyage to Barbados, and the return passage.
Samuel Munckley was a ship owner and merchant of Bristol, 1720 – 1802.
Date: 4 December 1761 - 17 March 1762
Copyright: Copyright BCC Record Office
Object ID:AC/MU 1 (8) bi
Letter, John Smith to S Munckley
Description:
Letter from John Smith, Commander of the ship Clifton. Smith was from Barbados in the Caribbean and Ilfracombe in Devon.The letter is to the owners of Samuel Munckley and Co, regarding a voyage to Barbados, and the return passage.
Samuel Munckley was a ship owner and merchant of Bristol, 1720 – 1802.
Date: 4 December 1761 - 17 March 1762
Copyright: Copyright BCC Record Office
Object ID:AC/MU 1 (8) ai
Letter, John Duntze to S Munckley
Description:
Letter from John Duntze, from Exeter in Devon,to Samuel Munckley regarding insurance and a hurricane in Jamaica , 1751.
Samuel Munckley was a ship owner and merchant of Bristol, 1720 – 1802.
John Duntze was possibly the step-father of Samuel Munckley.
Date: 3 November 1750 - 28 November 1751
Copyright: Copyright BCC Record Office
Object ID:AC/MU 1 (6)d
Letter to S Munckley (detail)
Description:
Detail of letter from John Barings widow, in Exeter, to Samuel Munckley re insurance.
Samuel Munckley was a ship owner and merchant of Bristol, 1720 – 1802.
Date: 5 October 1751
Copyright: Copyright BCC Record Office
Object ID:AC/MU 1 (4)
Letter, John Barings widow to S Munckley
Description:
Letter from John Barings widow, in Exeter, to Samuel Munckley regarding insurance.
Samuel Munckley was a ship owner and merchant of Bristol, 1720 – 1802.
Date: 5 October 1751
Copyright: Copyright BCC Record Office
Object ID:AC/MU 1 (4)
Isa Sawane and Tamala
Description:
Isa Sawane and Tamala performing at the Rendezvous of Victory, organised by Anti-Slavery International for the United Nations International Day of Remembrance of the slave trade and its Abolition (August 23rd).
With thanks to Georgina Cranston and Anti-Slavery International for the use of this image.
Slavery still exists today and Anti-Slavery International are campaiging against it.
Date: 2003
Copyright: Copyright Anti-Slavery International
Capoeira Workshop
Description:
Capoeira Workshop from the Festival of Remembrance organised by Anti-Slavery International.
Capoeira is a mix of dance and martial arts, created by African slaves in Brazil. It was a way of practising fighting without arousing the suspicions of the white owners.
With thanks to Georgina Cranston and Anti-Slavery International for the use of this image.
Slavery still exists today and Anti-Slavery International are campaiging against it.
Date: 2003
Copyright: Copyright Anti-Slavery International
Oldest wooden house on Nevis
Description:
Plantation House, the oldest surviving wooden house on Nevis, once part of Hermitage Plantation, now a hotel.
It is the oldest wooden house on Nevis, built in the late 17th century. Construction is earthfast, that is wooden posts stuck in the ground to support the roof. The posts are cut from the tree called Lignum vitae , wood so strong that termites cannot bore into it and it does not rot.
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
Lime kiln on Beach
Description:
Lime kiln on beach.Lime was needed to mix in to make mortar for building and also used to clear impurities when boiling up sugar cane (refining sugar). Lime was made on the beach by burning (sea) shells.
Mountravers , on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean, was one of the plantations belonging to the Pinney family. John Pinney came to live in Bristol in 1783.
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
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