Ship Manifest of 54 Enslaved People

Ship Manifest of 54 Enslaved People

Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1807-1860; Microfilm Serial: M1895; Microfilm Roll: 25

U.S. Customs Service

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

National Archives, Washington, D.C.

December 10, 1847

This manifest lists 54 enslaved people who were boarded onto a steamship named Yacht, which was captained by John R. Cram. They were claimed as the property of a John W. Gordon of Georgia. They embarked from New Orleans to Galveston on December 10, 1847. Below is a transcription of the names of bondspeople listed on the manifest:

George, a 65 year old man who stood 5' 8" tall and described by his enslavers as yellow
Mary, a 65 year old woman who stood 5' 2" tall and was described as Black
Little Mary, an 18 year old woman who stood 5' 2" tall and was described as Black
Martha, an 18 year old woman who stood 5' 2" tall and was described as Black
Martha's infant
Mark, a 50 year old man who stood 5' 8" tall and was described as Black
Nelly, a 45 year old woman who stood 5' 6" tall and was described as Black
Jane, an 18 year old woman who stood 5' 6" tall and was described as Black
Pleasant, a 1 year old girl
Madison, a 2 year old boy
Ciller, a 40 year old woman who stood 5' 2" tall and was described as yellow
Roger, a 10 year old boy who stood 3' 4" tall and was described as yellow
Isaac, a 15 year old boy who stood 5' 5" tall and was described as yellow
Albert, a 17 year old boy who stood 5' 5" tall and was described as yellow
Salina, a 15 year old girl who stood 5' 2" tall and was described as yellow
Georgia, an infant girl
Aster, a 40 year old man who stood 5' 10" tall and was described as Black
Letty, a 35 year old woman who stood 5' 3" tall and was described as Black
Gustine, an 18 year old girl who stood 5' 8" tall and was described as Black
Dils, a 48 year old woman who stood 5' 4" tall and was described as Black
Lydia, a 6 year old girl who stood 2' 6" tall and was described as Black
Wyatt, a 7 year old boy who stood 2' 7" tall and was described as Black
Lewis, a 50 year old man who stood 5' 10" tall and was described as Black
Griff, an 11 year old boy who stood 4' tall and was described as Black
Sal, a 9 year old girl who stood 3' 6" tall and was described as Black
Violet, a 50 year old man who stood 5' 8" tall and was described as yellow
Mathis, a 10 year old boy who stood 4' tall and was described as Black
Caroline, a 13 year old girl who stood 5' tall and was described as Black
Moses, an 11 year old boy who stood 5' tall and was described as Black
Emanuel, a 12 year old boy who stood 5' tall and was described as Black
William, a 17 year old boy who stood 5' 10" tall and was described as yellow
Maria, a 22 year old woman who stood 5' 6" tall and was described as yellow
Julianne, a 6 year old girl who stood 2' 4" tall and was described as yellow
Richard, a 4 year old boy who stood 2' 3" tall and was described as yellow
Andrew, a 2 year old boy who was described as yellow
Warren, a 14 year old boy who stood 5' 2" tall and was described as Black
Washington, a 12 year old boy who stood 5' tall and was described as Black
Jarett, a 31 year old man who stood 4' 10" tall and was described as yellow
Hally, a 31 year old woman who stood 5' tall and was described as yellow
Antoinette, an 11 year old girl who stood 4' tall and was described as Black
Henry, a 6 year old boy who stood 3' 6" tall and was described as yellow
Griff, a 4 year old boy who stood 3' tall and was described as Black
Ephraim, a 28 year old man who stood 5' 4" tall and was described as Black
Vina, a 25 year old woman who stood 5' tall and was described as yellow
Adeline, a 9 year old girl who stood 3' 6" tall and was described as yellow
Cyrus, a 5 year old boy who stood 3' tall and was described as Black
Dils, a 2 year old girl who was described as Black
Judy, an 80 year old woman who stood 5' tall and was described as Black
Elvira, a 12 year old girl who stood 4' 8" tall and was described as Black
Courtney, a 30 year old woman who stood 5' 3" tall and was described as Black
Josephine, an 8 year old girl who stood 3' 2" tall and was described as Black
Harriet, a 12 year old girl who stood 4' 11" tall and was described as yellow
Richard, a 50 year old man who stood 5' 6" tall and was described as Black
George, a 24 year old man who stood 5' 7" tall and was described as yellow