Letter to a British captain 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 a British captain. Eyo writes about an exchange of oil and empty casks – a trading relationship born out of the banned slave trade. 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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