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Bill of lading for trade goods

Bill of lading for trade goods

Description:

Bill of lading for trade goods shipped by Noblett Ruddock on the ship the Cornwall Gally from Bristol to Africa, 1719. 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: 1719

Copyright: Copyright BCC Record Office

Photo of neck-ring

Photo of neck-ring

Description:

Neckring, photo

Date: unknown

Copyright: Lent to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Gold dust weights, Asante people

Gold dust weights from Asante people of Ghana

Description:

Weights for gold dust in shape of soldier and captive, from Asante people of Ghana

Creator: Asante

Date: Asante

Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum

Object ID:Ea 9344, 9346

Bust of Edward Colston

Bust of Edward Colston

Description:

Bust of Edward Colston by Michael Rysbrack (c. 1726). Colston (1636-1721) was a Bristol merchant who was involved in the transatlantic slave trade as an official of the London-based Royal African Company (a trading company that specialised in the trade with Africa).

Creator: Rysbrack

Date: c. 1726

Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum

Object ID:K 4753

Fire insurance plaque

Fire insurance plaque

Description:

Fire insurance plaque, number 2112 of a Bristol company.

Date: unknown

Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum

Object ID:TA 498

Advert, two sugar houses

Advert, two sugar houses for sale

Description:

Advertisement from Felix Farley’s Bristol Journal, two sugar-houses for sale, 13th March 1762

Creator: Felix Farley's Bristol Journal

Date: 13th March 1762

Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum

Bank note

Bristol Bank note

Description:

Bristol Bank note for £30, unissued

Creator: Bristol Bank

Date: unknown

Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum

Object ID:O. 3920

Advert, a boy for sale

Advert, a boy for sale

Description:

Advertisement from Felix Farley’s Bristol Journal. The advert reads: To be Sold, A Negroe Boy, about ten Years old, He has had the Small-Pox.

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.

Creator: Felix Farley's Bristol Journal

Date: 2nd August 1760

Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum

Advert for runaway slave called Mingo

Advertisement for runaway slave called Mingo

Description:

Advertisement, for a runaway slave called Mingo. Felix Farley’s Bristol Journal.

Creator: Felix Farley's Bristol Journal

Date: 15th November 1746

Copyright: Copyright BCC Library Service

Theatre token (back)

Theatre token (back)

Description:

Back of token for King Street, Bristol Theatre (now the Bristol Old Vic theatre). The token reads The Proprietor of this Ticket is Entitled to the Sight of Every Performance to be Exhibited in this House.

Date: 30th May 1766

Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum

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