Isaac Franklin (brig)

The Isaac Franklin was an American coastwise slave ship operated in the 1830s that was initially owned by and named for slave trader Isaac Franklin.

"For New-Orleans" Alexandria Gazette, February 18, 1837

Isaac Franklin was a steam-powered brig with one deck, two masts, and a square stern, measuring 189 8/95 tons.[1] A manifest from 1837, held at the New-York Historical Society, lists Lawrence Millaudon, a sugar planter, and George Lane, as the consignees of a shipment of 73 enslaved people sailing from Alexandria, District of Columbia, to New Orleans on the brig Isaac Franklin.[2] Isaac Franklin was sold to slave trader George Kephart of Alexandria around 1837; her sister ships Uncas and Tribune were sold to slave trader William H. Williams of Washington City, District of Columbia.[1] One of the later owners of Uncas was Brazilian slave trader Manoel Pinto da Fonseca.[3]

References
  1. Skolnik, Benjamin A. (January 2021). 1315 Duke Street – Building and Property History (PDF) (Report). Office of Historic Alexandria - City of Alexandria, Virginia. pp. 47–48 (brig), 53 (sold).
  2. "[Manifest of the Brig Isaac Franklin]". New York Historical Society Digital Collections. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  3. Rothman, Joshua D.; Skolnik, Benjamin (2021-12-04). "The Brig Named Uncas". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2023-10-08.


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