Letter to William Turner from Eyo Honesty II

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This letter was written in Old Calabar, Nigeria by King Eyo Honesty II to Captain William Turner in Liverpool, England. The relationship between Eyo and Captain Turner developed as a result of the British banned slave trade. An excerpt from this letter reads: “Captain Turner / I have send John Eyo Down as you say. But about trade you know what oil I ower you be more than what cask I got from you … Now you stop me from send market …”. 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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