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December 13, 1796
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA framed bill of sale for Flora, an enslaved woman, dated "this 13th Day of December, 1796." The document is handwritten in brown ink on cream laid paper. The document transfers the ownership of "a certain Negro Wench named Flora" from Margaret Dwight in…
1844
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA large, pre-printed bill of sale with handwritten text on both sides. It describes the mortgage of four enslaved persons by George Lynes. The enslaved persons are identified as “S Bella, L Sally, Ben, and L Anthony.” The document states that Lynes…
March 3, 1800
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA bill of sale for an enslaved woman named Hannah and her children Claudia and Stephen, sold from Maurice Simons to William Doughty for 326 pounds, 5 shillings on March 3, 1800 in Charleston, South Carolina. The documented is a pre-printed bill of sale for…
January 8, 1827
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA handwritten bill of sale for a woman named Leah and her two daughters, Sarah and Mariah, for the amount of $750 to Robert Watson. The document is handwritten in brown ink on a square sheet of off-white paper. At top left it is dated [1822 Jany. 8th]. It…
March 7, 1854
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA printed bill of sale form completed with handwritten details. The one-sided single-sheet document begins with [The State of South Carolina] at the top left and details the sale of a woman and her three daughters from A. Nachman to C.W. Seignious for the…
January 14, 1800
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA bill of sale for "one negro man slave named Sam." Sam was sold by James Thomas to Edward Rouzee for one hundred (100) pounds. The signature of Thomas is in the lower right corner, next to the word "seal," which has been circled. The document was…
May 21, 1818
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis handwritten, single page document is a bill of sale prepared by Tho. Matthews that states that Edward Rouzee purchased for eleven (11) dollars "Old Ned" at the sale of Henry Garrett on May 21, 1818. The opposite side states "Thomas Matthews / Rec'd in…
1832
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA handwritten document of black ink on rag paper recording the sale of two enslaved women, Nelly and Milley, and their respective children from Thomas A. Clark to James P. Clark. On one side, the document records the value of the enslaved persons being…
February 18, 1812
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA bill of sale for "two negro men named Daniel and Bartley." The men were sold by George W. Banks to Edward Rouzee for nine hundred and twenty five (925) dollars . The bill of sale was received February 18, 1812 and is signed by Banks at the bottom right.…
1858
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA bill of sale for a man named Will from Benjamin H. Grist to David W. Lamb for the sum of $1,285.32, with approximately half of that cost being due January 1, 1859. The document is a letterpress printed form entitled [MORTGAGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY -…
January 11, 1830
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA partially printed bill of sale of an enslaved man named Jesse to the Governor of Georgia. The document is brownish white with black printed text with brown handwritten additions. The additions were written by William Adams, who also signed the document.…
July 1, 1799
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA bill of sale regarding an enslaved woman identified as "Jenny." The document uses a pre-printed form for John Tayloe, with details completed by hand in brown ink, for the sale of Jenny for five shillings to his brother-in-law William Augustine…
1844
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA bill of sale for an enslaved man identified as “Joseph or Joe." The document includes both printed and handwritten text. The document records two separate transactions for the man, one on the front and one on the back. The front of the document concerns…
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Bill Richmond (5 August 1763 – 28 December 1829) was a British boxer, born into slavery in Richmondtown, New York. Although born in Colonial America, he lived for the majority of his life in England, where all his boxing contests took place. Richmond…
Biography
William Traylor (April 1, c. 1853 – October 23, 1949) was an African-American self-taught artist from Lowndes County, Alabama. Born into slavery, Traylor spent the majority of his life after emancipation as a sharecropper. It was only after 1939, following…
Feb.–Aug. 1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Bills of Lading”.
Apr. 1867–Dec. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound bills of lading, April 1867–December 1868, are arranged chronologically.
Feb. 1866–Mar. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound bills of lading are dated February 1866–March 1868 and are arranged chronologically.
1866 and 1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound bills of lading and contracts, 1866 and 1867, are arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically.
Feb.–Nov. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound bills of lading, February–November 1868, are arranged chronologically.
Mar. 1866–Nov. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound bills of lading, March 1866–November 1868, are arranged chronologically.
1865 and 1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound bills of lading, contracts, and court records, 1865 and 1866, are arranged by type of record.
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound bills of lading, December 1865–October 1868, are arranged chronologically.
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound bills of lading, June–October 1867, are arranged chronologically.
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