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Slave Raid on village in Senegal in the 1780s, drawing by René Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuve, courtesy of University of Virginia Special Collections, 1814.

J.H. Holloway business card, Charleston, South Carolina, ca. 1905,Holloway Family Scrapbook, courtesy of the Avery Research Center.

Business card, ca. 1905, advertising the harness shop of J.H. Holloway.

Ledger entries for the 30th of April, 1765, Charles Town, South Carolina, The James Poyas Daybook Collection, courtesy of the Charleston Museum Archives.

Ledger entries for the 30th of April, 1765. Customers listed include: John Beswicke and Co. (184); Greenwood and Higginson (184); Anderson and Lothian (275); and Pearson and Gadsden (275).

Ledger entries for the 1st of February to the 2nd of February, 1760, Charles Town, South Carolina, The James Poyas Daybook Collection, Lowcountry Digital Library, courtesy of the Charleston Museum Archives.

Ledger entries for Friday, the 1st of February through Saturday, the 2nd of February, 1760. Customers listed include: the estate of Nathaniel Arthur (62); George Huggins (65); Theodore Trezevant (25); the estate of Joseph Scott (26); John Ernest…

Ledger entries for the 7th of March to the 15th of March, 1764, Charles Town, South Carolina, The James Poyas Daybook Collection, courtesy of the Charleston Museum Archives.

Ledger entries for the 7th of March to the 15th of March, 1764. Customers listed include: Reverend Bartholomew Henry Himeli (199); Corrie and Scott (195); the estate of Hugh Anderson (39); Captain John Scott (165); William Bampfield (145); John…

"Ledger entries for Wednesday, the 3rd of December through Thursday, the 4th of December, 1760," Charles Town, South Carolina, The James Poyas Daybook Collection, Lowcountry Digital Library, courtesy of the Charleston Museum Archives.

Ledger entries for Wednesday, the 3rd of December through Thursday, the 4th of December, 1760. Customers listed include: Elizabeth Snipes (29); John George Smithpeter (128); John Milner (187); William Lloyd (63); Colonel Elias Horry (146); Thomas…

"Ledger entries for Monday, the 15th of April through Tuesday, the 22nd of April, 1760," Charles Town, South Carolina, The James Poyas Daybook Collection, Lowcountry Digital Library, courtesy of the Charleston Museum Archives.

Ledger entries for Monday, the 15th of April through Tuesday, the 22nd of April, 1760. Customers listed include: Alexander Miott (overseer to E. Horry) (182); John Mouncy; estate of Thomas Snipes (177); John Horry (141); Carne and Wilson (17); John…

"Ledger entries for Thursday, the 10th of April through Monday, the 14th of April, 1760," Charles Town, South Carolina, The James Poyas Daybook Collection, Lowcountry Digital Library, courtesy of the Charleston Museum Archives.

Ledger entries for Thursday, the 10th of April through Monday, the 14th of April, 1760. Customers listed include: Doctor Jacob Martin (180); John Delagaye (8); Dewar and Marshall (176); William Burrows; Theodore Gaillard (172); Ogilvie and Forbes…

Recipe for "Cheap Paint" made with rice flour and lime, ca. 1790-1821, Thomas Pinckney Papers, courtesy of the South Carolina Historical Society.

Depiction of indigo manufacturing in the French West Indies during the 18th century, from Pierre Pomet’s work A Complete History of Drugs, 1748, courtesy of University of Virginia Special Collections Library.

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