Informazioni sulla fonte

Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana, Stati Uniti, Manifesti degli schiavi, 1807-1860 [database online]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.

Dati originali:

Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1807–1860; NAID: 5573655; Microfilm Publication M1895, 30 rolls; Records of the U.S. Customs Service, 1745 - 1997, Record Group 36; The National Archives in Washington, D.C.

New Orleans, Louisiana, Stati Uniti, Manifesti degli schiavi, 1807-1860

Sebbene una legge del 1807 avesse vietato la tratta degli schiavi transatlantica negli Stati Uniti a partire dal 1° gennaio 1808, gli schiavi potevano ancora essere comprati e venduti (e trasportati) all’interno del paese. La stessa legge che vietava la tratta degli schiavi stranieri regolava anche il trasporto interno di schiavi, richiedendo ai comandanti delle navi che trasportavano schiavi nelle acque costiere di fornire un manifesto che descrivesse dettagliatamente il carico di schiavi quando lasciavano un porto ("in partenza") o vi entravano ("in arrivo"). I porti di partenza e i porti previsti di arrivo andavano da Baltimora, nel Maryland, al Texas nel Golfo del Messico. I documenti contenuti in questo database sono i manifesti degli schiavi che le navi in entrata e in uscita dal porto di New Orleans avevano l’obbligo di fornire.

Historical Background:

Though an 1807 law banned the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the United States as of 1 January 1808, slaves could still be bought and sold—and transported—within the country. The same law that banned the foreign slave trade also regulated the internal transportation of slaves, requiring masters of vessels carrying slaves in coastal waters to provide a manifest detailing their slave cargo when leaving (“outward”) or entering (“inward”) a port. Ports of departure or intended arrival stretched from Baltimore, Maryland, to Texas on the Gulf of Mexico.

About this Database:

Those required slave manifests, provided by ships entering or leaving from the port at New Orleans, make up the records in this database. Not all manifests have survived: there are no inward manifests for 1808–1818 and 1858 and no outward manifests for 1813–1817, 1837, and 1859, for example. Others may have been lost as well.

Using the Records

This collection has recently been indexed by volunteers with the Ancestry World Archives Project and can now be searched by ship name, port and date of departure, date of arrival, name, estimated birth year, gender, and color. The records can also contain the following additional information:

Slave’s age and height
Date of manifest
Slave owners’/shippers’ name(s) and residence
Port of destination
Captain’s name
Dates of certification by the collector of customs

The manifests can also be browsed by date of departure or arrival and ship.

For additional information about this collection, please see the Publication Details, compiled by Clair Prechtel-Klusken, of NARA microfilm series M1895, Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1807-1860, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2007, or visit http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/heritage/african-american/slave-ship-manifests.html.

Updates:
23 Sep 2020: Changes were made to improve the performance of this collection. No new records were added.