National Museum of African American History and Culture
Manifest for the ship Fashion listing an enslaved girl, Sally, age 14
John P. Torrey · January 27, 1844
This pre-printed and handwritten form is a slave manifest for the ship Fashion with a home port of New York traveling from Port Pontchartrain in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mobile, Alabama, dated January 27, 1844. The document is signed by the ship's owner, John P. Torrey and the ship's master, S. W. Fullerton. One enslaved girl named Sally, aged 14, is listed on the manifest. The reverse of the form has pre-printed and handwritten text granting permission for the ship's travel to Mobile.
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