VIRGINIA SLAVE OWNER LIBERATES 26 NAMED SLAVES

Black History 1849 Richmond, Virginia Slave Owner "E. H. Simmons" Printed Receipt for "One Negro Slave named John" Sale June 26, 1849-Dated, Rare Partially-Printed Slavery $375 Bill of Sale for "One N

Heading: (1846 “Negro blankets” for Virginia slave-owner - murdered by his slave?) Author: Title: 1846 letter “Negro blankets” for Virginia slave-owner who may have been murdered by his slave

Highly unusual two-page emancipation document dated 1850 that details the freedom of a slave named “Henson” in Kentucky. Henson’s owner, James M. Higgins, was located in Morgan Count

1pp document that details a request from a plantation owner named “James Akin” of Union County, Arkansas, who had fives slaves conscripted into service by the Confederate army. Enslaved me

North Carolina Slaveowner Sells Slave Born in His Household With this bill of sale, William Graham of Rowan County, North Carolina, sold an African American man named John to Edward B. D. Sloan of nea

Two page slave bill of sale dated 1835 from Decatur, Georgia (near Atlanta). Three slaves are named: James, Nancy and their 10-year old daughter, Chloe. Extremely detailed writing. The owner of these

Original manuscript bill of sale for a 26-year-old enslaved woman named Tisha and her two children: Mary (5 years old) and Simon (3 years old). The bill is signed on June 20th, 1844 in Desoto Parish,

Original manuscript bill of sale for a 26-year-old enslaved woman named Tisha and her two children: Mary (5 years old) and Simon (3 years old). The bill is signed on June 20th, 1844 in Desoto Parish,

Inked manuscript two page document on single folded letter sheet, 7 ½ x 12 ½”, detailing the will of James Copper and listing each named slave and their cash value as follows: Pete

Slave Owner Receives Pay for his Slave Enlisted in the Union Army CIVIL WAR. Two Partly Printed Documents Signed regarding former slave Charles Hargis, who enlisted in the Regiment United States Color

Antebellum Richmond Slave Receipt for "one Negro Slave named Ryal" A 1p partly printed and partly manuscript document signed by G.W. Williams, presumably a slave agent or auctioneer, at lower right. N

Two-page 1855 document from Lincoln County, Kentucky that serves as receipt for $6145.64 and slaves delivered to Thomas B. Montgomery per the direction of “Mr. A. Whitley’s” last wil

Mason Co. court document dealing with the ownership of two named slaves Dilly & Milly, by Joseph Graves with inked manuscript on folded unlined legal letter sheet, 7 ¼ x 12 ¼”. Doc

Mason Co. court document detailing the 1835 will of James Cooper of Mason Co. on unlined folded legal letter sheet with 2 ¼” pages of inked manuscript text, docketed on back dealing with

Mason Co. court document detailing the 1828 will of Elizabeth Graves, mother of Joseph of Mason Co. on unlined folded legal letter sheet with 2 ¼” pages of inked manuscript text, docketed

Four-page appraisal relating to the estate of William Ormsley, of Lincoln County, Kentucky. The document values eleven named slaves for the purpose of division amongst Ormsley’s heirs. The slave

Three page 1861 estate document executed in Bourbon County, Kentucky, that appraises and divides eleven named slaves including children. Their names and ages, as listed, are: Farron (42), Fern (28), S

Heading: (African-American) Author: Brooks, Samuel Title: Letter from a South Carolina slave-owner Place Published: Edgefield Court House, South Carolina Publisher: Date Published: Feb. 6, 18

Single folded letter sheet, 7 ½ x 12 ½” with inked manuscript being a legal document ordering that two named slaves be sold at public auction to settle disputed will, Mason County,

Both dealing with the will of James Copper and listing each named slave as follows: Peter, Milly, Martin, Edwin, Jonathan, Cyrus, Elizabeth, Isabel, Henry, and Lewis. Docketed on reverse with dates of

This amazing piece of history is an excellent example of the Charleston “hire badge.” Charleston, South Carolina was the only city in the South to issue these tags. Each year a slave owner that hi

SLAVERY DOCUMENTS. 2 manuscript documents from Westchester, NY: 1. Signed sale document from Absalom Gidney of Phillipsburgh, Westchester County, 255 x 205 mm, selling a slave named Charles, age 13, t

Bound eight-page last will and testament of Hugh Hays, dated July 30th, 1865, that leaves over 20 named slaves to various heirs months after Congress passed the 13th Amendment. Hays, a native of Linco

Slave Traders Sell Slave to One of the Early Settlers of Spanish Natchez With this bill of sale, slave traders Warren Offutt and Rice C. Ballard sold a twenty-one-year-old slave named Aaron to John He