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Letter to a Britsh captain from Eyo Honesty II

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Eyo Honesty II, Nigerian

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This letter was written in Old Calabar, Nigeria by King Eyo Honesty II to a British captain. Eyo writes about an exchange of oil and empty casks – a trading relationship born out of the banned slave trade. The letter is undated and there is a significant remnant of the original red wax seal in one of the leaf’s folds.
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Text
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Ink On Wove Paper
Rights:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. Africa
  2. African American
  3. African Americans
  4. Business
  5. Commerce
  6. Correspondence
  7. Honesty, Eyo
  8. International Affairs
  9. Slaver
  10. Slavery
  11. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade

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