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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07221 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1799 |
| Title | Timothy Pickering to John Morton on a captured schooner, commerce with Spain and the slave trade |
| Date | 16 November 1799 |
| Author | Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) |
| Recipient | Morton, John |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | "Put a stop to the exercise of the slave trade by our citizens. Spanish laws prohibit neutrals from trading to the main, unless they import a given number of what are called 'New Negroes,' meaning such as are immediately from Africa." Morton served as U.S. Consul in Havana. (Insect losses at edge of p. 1 affecting text.) |
| Subjects | Slavery African American History Slave Trade Africa Neutrality Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Caribbean Latin and South America |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Foreign Affairs; Merchants & Commerce; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |