Rare Four-Page Eye Witness Account of Slavery in Carribean, U.S.S. Independence, March 14th, 1843

Original eye witness of slavery, document of four pages of Chaplain Stockbridge from U.S.S. Independence on visiting Martinique, dated march 14, 1843. Framed between two glass panes in gilt wood frame.
Provenance: private lifetime collection of John L. Ford, Curator and Historian of Soldiers & Sailors Memorial and Museum Hall, Pittsburgh, and Director of Ed. Devision at The Heinz Historical Center and Museum of Western Pennsylvania.

Ref.: exhibited at Senator John Heinz The Heinz Historical Center and Museum of Western Pennsylvania, 2004.

Condition: Good, some time toning, original folding creases commensurate with age and use.