![]() John Bartram’s letter to William reveals more than his participation in the slave trade but his attitude towards the people he held in bondage. I have shiped on board the East Florida Captain Bachop 6 likely negroes called Jack a lusty man a new negro 5 foot 8 inches high & ¼: Siby his wife new 5 foot one inch ¾ Jacob 5 foot high & Sam 4 foot 7 inches ½ allso Flora a lusty woman not so black as many a cromantee… Bachus her son is a pretty boy 3 or 4 years ould. In John Bartram’s letter to William, he described the enslaved group: Supporting his efforts, John Bartram purchased six enslaved people in Charleston, South Carolina, and shipped them to William’s East Florida plantation. However, William needed his father’s help to finance his new venture. William Bartram became a plantation owner in the British colony to plant rice on 500 acres of land along the St. O n April 5, 1766, John Bartram wrote a letter to his son about a shipment from Charleston to East Florida. Second letter of John Bartram, to son, William Bartram, April 9, 1766, New York Historical Society. ![]()
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