Affidavit regarding importation and sale of enslaved people

Descriptive Summary
Title: Affidavit regarding importation and sale of enslaved people
Creator: Savannah (Ga.)
Creator: Camden County (Ga.)
Inclusive Dates: 1801 July 3, August 26
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 folder(s) (2 affidavits)
Collection Number: ms2599
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Preferred Citation

Affidavit regarding importation and sale of enslaved people, ms 2599. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2015.

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Testimony of Savannah slave-traders Hector Mitchell and "Mr. Gairdner", 1801 August 26

Consists of testimony of Savannah slave-traders Hector Mitchell and "Mr. Gairdner", who swore that "sometime in the year [1797] a parcel of [thirty-six enslaved people] was picked up at sea." Mitchell and Gairdner, agents for enslavers John and James McBurney had the persons placed in jail; an ordinance of the Savannah city council arranged the sale of these persons to David Garvin. The statement goes on to mention that John Kinnard now holds perceived ownership of six of the enslaved persons of the original group. These six enslaved people are named Baptiste, Gilbert, Peters, Edward, Louis and John Louis