Archive of Lloyd’s pertaining to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, representing documents and objects primarily from the latter half of the 17th century through to the early 19th century.
Adverts
- Advert in The Daily Journal for the sale at Lloyd’s Coffee House of the slave ship ‘Ann and Elizabeth’
- Advert in The London Gazette for a freedom-seeker
- Advert in The London Gazette for a freedom-seeker, described as a ‘Runaway’ to be returned to Edward Lloyd’s Coffee House
- Advert in The London Gazette for a freedom-seeker, Will, to be returned to Edward Lloyd’s Coffee House
- Advert in the London Gazette for the sale at Lloyd’s Coffee House of the ship ‘James and Frances/Francis’, used as a slave ship
- Advert in the London Gazette for the sale at Lloyd’s Coffee House of the ship ‘Sidney’, used as a slave ship
- Broadside for Sale by Candle of a Ship
Objects
- Silver Cup and Cover Presented by Lloyd’s Underwriters to Captain Hugh Crow
- The Roll of Lloyd’s, 1771-1930, compiled and annotated by Warren R Dawson, FRSE, FSA, Honorary Librarian to the Corporation of Lloyd’s
- Commemorative Royal Exchange Opening Medal
- Lloyd’s Candlestick
- Collection of nine ivory entry tickets for Subscribers or Substitutes at Lloyd’s at the Royal Exchange
Prints
- A Map of Lime Street ward
- Engraving and plan of the second Royal Exchange
- Print of ‘The Inside View of the Royal Exchange at London’
- Print of a portrait of Miles Peter Andrews
- Print of East India House
- Print of East India House, from Leadenhall Street
- Print of the inside of the second Royal Exchange
- Print of the interior quadrangle of the third Royal Exchange
- Print of the Sale Room at East India House by Rowlandson and Pugin
- Print of the second Royal Exchange
- Print of the second Royal Exchange
Records
- Certificate for appointing a Lloyd’s Agent in Antigua
- Deed for Edward Lloyd
- Deed of sale of one sixteenth of the ship ‘Charming Sally’
- Life insurance policy for Alfred, an enslaved person in the USA
- Policy for the ship ‘Anne Gally’
- Policy for the ship ‘Claude Scott’
- Policy for the ship ‘Claude Scott’
- Policy for the ship ‘Diogenes’
- Policy for the ship ‘Douglas’
- Policy for the ship ‘Jupiter’
- Policy for the ship ‘Kingsmill’
- Policy for the ship ‘Kingsmill’
- Policy for the ship ‘Kingsmill’
- Policy for the ship ‘Lady’s Adventure’
- Policy for the ship ‘Lord Mansfield’
- Policy for the ship ‘Nelly’
- Policy for the ship ‘Ship or Ships’
- Record of a Bill of Lading for 100 enslaved people
- Slave ship policies for the Guipuzcoa
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