Black History
1853 "Certain negro woman" Slave Bill of Sale for $1,200
December 2, 1853-Dated, Manuscript Document, Slave Bill of Sale, being "Certain negro woman" Slave Bill of Sale for $1,200, (Bradley County, Arkansas, Choice Very Fine.
This original Manuscript Bill of Sale measures about 7.75" x 4.75", 1 page. Being a Bill of Sale for a "certain negro woman". This clean easily read Document reads, in full: "Recd of James M Brown Twelve Hundred Dollars in full payment for a Certain negro woman of copper complexion named Leurah aged between twenty four and five years. I warrent said negro woman to be a slave for life Sound of boddy (sic) and mind, and my title to her unencumbered all of which I will defend this 2nd day of Dec 1853. Wm Childs / attest N.T. Avant".
Slaves owned by William Childs of Bradley County, Arkansas for the year 1850. This information can be found on page 87, he lived in Clay Township per the 1850 Bradley County, AR., William Childs, Slave Census which includes Number (1) Age, M or F, B for Black Color, as follows:



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