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Coastwise Slave Manifests, compiled 1820 - 1860 ARC Identifier 2554808 Series from Record Group 36: Records of the U.S. Customs Service, 1745 - 1997 |
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| Creator(s): | Department of the Treasury. Customs Service. Collection District of Mobile, Alabama. (02/24/1804 - 1913) |
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| Type(s) of Archival Materials: | Textual Records |
| Contact(s): |
National Archives at Atlanta (RE-AT), 5780 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA, 30260. PHONE: 770-968-2100; FAX: 770-968-2547; EMAIL: atlanta.archives@nara.gov. |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1820 - 1860 |
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| Part Of: | Record Group 36: Records of the U.S. Customs Service, 1745 - 1997 |
| Includes: | 1 item described in ARC Search within this Series |
| Arrangement: | Arranged in two categories (inward and outward) thereunder chronologically by date of submission. |
| Function and Use: | These records were created to satisfy requirements promulgated by an Act of 1807. This Act required that all vessels of 40 tons or more carrying slaves in the coastwise trade file duplicate manifests at the ports of origin and destination, pledging that the slave had not been imported after 1808. |
| Access Restriction(s): | Unrestricted |
| Use Restriction(s): | Unrestricted |
| Specific Records Type(s): | Manifests |
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