Slave Documents. Over 20 Important Freed Slave Papers, Sales Receipts, Tax Documents.
In on a variety of paper. All in varying conditions. Largest is 16" x 20". Documents include, Bill of Sale - Otis Mills sold William, Negro man, for $1,000 Charleston, SC - July 6, 1857. Business letter regarding slave barque arrival, health of slaves and low prices for slaves from Thomas Boudar, New Orleans to W.W. Hall, Norfolk, VA, April 3, 1849. Receipts of tax paid on slaves as they were considered "personal property," Petersburg, VA, 1837 (Exhibited: American I Am The African American Imprint United States Tour 2009-2012), 1861, 1862. Bill of Sale for the purchase of shoes for Negroes $13.25 Sold by Mr. Thomas J.H. Eccleston to Appelgarth Wingarth, July 25, 1819. Bill of Sale Sold to Stephen Doar of Charleston, SC for $3,600 Slaves, Daniel, Lissy, Davy, Thomas, Jim, Isaac, and Bendbone, sold by Frederick Rutledge of Sanatee, SC - Jan. 16, 1854. Bill of sale listing, "Slave, Harry, one grey stallion, one black mair and sorrel mair (sic) for 150 pounds in currency. Frederick County, MD, August 19, 1765. Bill of Sale showing C.B. Farmer sold slave named "Sambo" for $625, Thomas Ryan & Sons (original namesake of the Old Slave Mart), Charleston, SC, December 24, 1849. Bill of Sale - Purchase of boy named Ben $800 Agents Thomas Ryan & Son, Charleston, SC - Dec. 20, 1851. Certificate of Freedom for Jonathan Hopkins, grandson of Patience Fortune, who obtained her freedom by suit in the county court - c. 1823. Bill of Sale Sold to Stephen Thomas by James Ross one male slave, Sam for $350 - Dec. 18, 1856. Letter from Thomas Boudor of New Orleans to W.W. Hall of Norfolk, VA about being hard to sell slaves who are sailors or oystermen - Jan. 26, 1848. Inventory list names of 74 slaves, belonging to B.P. Walker including years of birth and occasionally the month of birth, Laurel Hill Plantation, James River Region, VA, 1852 (See Gentleman's Fancy Coverlet which is from the same plantation - Presented in 1948 to OSM by Mrs. Shumate, granddaughter of slave owner. Summons for slave owner for or against estate of John Murphy or James Carr, SC, 1863. 1866 Talbot County, Georgia Marriage certificate of former slaves, "Gaston Hall (freedman) and Dido Howard (freedwoman). Bill of Sale sold by John Duke to settle the estate of Rachel Long, slaves Nelly, and infant, Moses for $700, Charleston, SC, Sept. 20, 1836. Bill of Sale Stephen Door mortgaged to Joshua Toomer for $1,600 slaves, Sarah, Betsey, Pearce, Doll, Alfred, Sarah John, Elsey, SC, 1832. Original business accounting sheets listing, "One Negro boy SAM"was sold by note to a Capt. A. Park for $600. The Acacia Collection and Old Slave Mart Museum. Est. $2,000-3,000. Ship: $75