Partly printed ship's "Slave Manifest" documenting the conveyance of two enslaved persons from Port Pontchartrain, District of Mississippi, to Mobile, Alabama. 3 January 1844. 1p, printed on both front and back, 13 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.

"SLAVE MANIFEST on board the Steamer Fashion of N. York whereof S.W. Fulleron is at present Master bound from the Port of PORT PONTCHARTRAIN, to Mobile." Two slaves are listed, "John" male age 26 and “Adaline” female age 42, as well as "J.H. Jones" as "Owner or Shipper" and a resident of Alabama. Jones signs the manifest below the named slaves attesting that as the "Owner of the Slave named and particularly described in the above Manifest, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, that the said slave was not imported into the UNITED STATES since the first day of January, 1808, and that I take him with me as a body servant, intending to bring him back into this State... SO HELP ME GOD -- (Signed) J. H. Jones & S. J. Halleston(?)."

The reverse of the manifest is signed by S. H. Page, Surveyor of Customs for the Port of Pontchartrain, certifying the manifest and authorizing “the Steamer Fashion to proceed with the said Slave named as within to Mobile.”

A rare document.