THE LOGBOOK OF A NOTED SLAVE-SHIP CAPTAIN BRIGGS, NATHANIEL, Captain. "Journal...

recorded slaves briggs death nathaniel voyage barbados betsey ships captain records march coast number salley board slave noted including newport rhode cape arriving island begins deaths logbook trade paper voyages gold dying subsequent lopez february aaron bound port having numbers west brig aboard typical arrives does typed cargo senegal available owned previous negroes briggs''s 1765 outward individual moves various 1766 keys 20th slave-ship sails difficult 1731-1782 family left major america entry africa entries sierra leone fact sloop london began buried held logbook/journal jewish engaged july feet april homeward 1765-1767 covers merchant portugal settled decades reaching vargas according final speaking verde flax examined presumably lopez''s weather observations record proceeds business-like losses make historical briggs's handwriting paste stock toned inquisition force community royal triangle passage total near word appears journal heavy born conversos 1740 mercantile september 23rd marked follow making june 12th journal/logbook book affrica leaves bearing numerous jottings calculations professional transcription entire document american colony co-founding famous touro synagogue running businesses included whaling spermaceti candle industry general 18th century navigational crew preparing eventual locations western cuba florida hamptons sighting contacting informs british august october perished middle 14th christopher ends georgia illiteracy resulting frequent misspellings undecipherable using logic written archival professionally merchants exact inches stamp uneventful salley''s provided context unknown question society pages repairs conserved commanded like slave-trade arrival jamaica tall repealed crossing second flux foot 1767 transcribing words brackets totally mark references library 1765-66