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Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery
Piece of indigo cloth.
Indigo is a dark blue dye, native to ancient India and Egypt.
It was first planted in America in the mid 1600s. Planters believed it would yield ten times more profit than... click on the title for the complete text
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Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery
Slave pottery
bottle or jug, in the shape of a head.
Slave pottery was known as Colono Ware.
In America many slaves were trained in various crafts.
It is possible that the face on this ... click on the title for the complete text
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Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery
Leather slave whip.
Contributed by John Judkyn Memorial.
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Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery
Leg irons. These would have sometimes been worn by enslaved Africans.
Contributed by John Judkyn Memorial.
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Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery
Slave handcuffs, found by Mr and Mrs Thomas C Kennedy in the cellar of their old plantation house, Woodlawn
near Richmond, Virginia, in America.
Contributed by John Judkyn Memorial.
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Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery
Slave tag, worn for identification. Copper servant (slave) tag No. 184.
The tag belonged to a slave called Lafar
(his touch mark is on back). The earliest known servant tag from Charleston . Found... click on the title for the complete text
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Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery
Sugar loaf, crystallised sugar
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Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery
Sugar nippers. Sugar was bought as a whole loaf or as broken pieces. In the home, sugar nippers were needed to break the pieces into smaller bits.
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Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery
Blunderbus pistol, described as a trade
pistol.
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Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery
Horn cup inscribed with Liverpool, Bristol, Africas.
With thanks to Mr AH Stevens for the use of this item.
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