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Title
Sierra Leone House documents
Names
Sierra Leone Company (Associated name)
Collection

Sidney Lapidus Slavery and Abolition Collection

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1792-03-29
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: SC Rare Lapidus Collection Box 3 Folder 23
Topics
Slavery
Slave trade
African Americans
Blacks
Enslaved persons
Sierra Leone Company
Genres
Documents
Physical Description
Extent: 4 pages. 27x33 cm.
Description
List of shareholders in the Sierra Leone Company, with a circular letter signed by J.R. Williams. The Company was founded in 1791 by Granville Sharp, William Wilberforce, and others, to establish a colony on the west coast of Africa for runaway slaves who had found asylum in London. Fragments from printed documents, including: two appendices (lists of members of the Sierra Leone Company (4p. ; 1 sheet)) ; and a generic letter addressed to potential investors in the Sierra Leone Company, signed, "J.R. Williams, solicitor and secretary," "Sierra Leone House 29 March 1792" (1 sheet).
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 931034173
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20848710
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 54773c00-9d32-0133-af40-00505686d14e
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1792: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Sierra Leone House documents" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1792-03-29. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/09662030-b3fa-0133-5f3b-00505686d14e

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Sierra Leone House documents" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/09662030-b3fa-0133-5f3b-00505686d14e

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1792-03-29). Sierra Leone House documents Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/09662030-b3fa-0133-5f3b-00505686d14e

Wikipedia Citation

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Sierra Leone House documents