Ship manifest of 28 enslaved people

Ship manifest of 28 enslaved people

Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1807-1860; Microfilm Serial: M1895; Microfilm Roll: 24

U.S. Customs Service

Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., Slave Manifests, 1807-1860 [database online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.

National Archives and Records Administration

November 21, 1846

This manifest lists 28 enslaved people who were transported aboard the Steamer Palmetto, captained by someone named Smith. They departed New Orleans for Galveston November 21, 1846. This group of enslaved people were claimed as property by a James B. Hawkins of Texas.

List of enslaved people on board:

Beckory, a 30 year old woman who was described as 5' tall and having yellow complexion
Ned, a 40 year old man who was described as 6' tall and having brown complexion
Ezechiel, a 30 year old man who was described as 5' 5" tall and having brown complexion
Cornelius, a 16 year old boy who was described as 5' tall and having black complexion
Lockey, a 19 year old man who was described as 5' tall and having black complexion
Jim, a 18 year old boy who was described as 5' 6" tall and having black complexion
Jordan, a 15 year old boy who was described as 5' tall and having yellow complexion
John, a 17 year old boy who was described as 6' tall and having brown complexion
Moses, an 18 year old boy who was described as 5' tall and having brown complexion
Jim, a 20 year old man who was described as 5' 6" tall and having brown complexion
Henry, an 18 year old man who was described as 5' tall and having black complexion
George, a 17 year old man who was described as 5' 6" tall and having black complexion
Osborne, an 18 year old man who was described as 5' tall and having brown complexion
Sylvie, a 15 year old girl who was described as 5' tall and having black complexion
Margaret, a 12 year old girl who was described as 5' tall and having yellow complexion
Nancy, an 18 year old girl who was described as 5' tall and having black complexion
Triney, a 23 year old woman who was described as 4' 6" tall and having yellow complexion
Penney, an 8 year old girl who was described as 3' tall and having yellow complexion
E. Ann, an 18 year old girl who was described as 4' tall and having black complexion
Martha, a 25 year old woman who was described as 5' tall and having black complexion
Polly, a 20 year old woman who was described as 5' tall and having black complexion
Lucy, a 16 year old girl who was described as 5' tall and having yellow complexion
Synthia, a 2 year old girl who was described as 2' 4" tall and having yellow complexion
Handy, a 3 year old boy who was described as 2' 6" tall and having black complexion
Tom, a 5 month old boy who was described as having black complexion
Polly, a 5 month old girl who was described as having black complexion
Sally, a 5 month old girl who was described as having black complexion
Susan, a 5 month old girl who was described as having black complexion