[SLAVERY]. Manuscript Fieri Facias Writ Document of Executions Against the Firm of Jeremiah W. Thomas, Seizing Three Slaves, Including a Mother and Child. Lawrence County, AL, 11th April 1839. Recto with printed template with manuscript notes by John M. Jackson, clerk of the court, who has signed twice. On the verso are three manuscript notes signed by Sheriff W. H. Williams about the slaves taken from the firm of Jeremiah W. Thomas (including principals William Devan and his unnamed brother). Approximately 319 x 195 mm. Two vertical and one horizontal creases, document toned, rubbed, a few ink blots. From the sheriff’s first note on the verso: “Levied are three negroes slaves as the property of William Devan, one yellow woman named Naney, about thirty years old & her child Frank, and one boy named Jims, twelve years old, April 22, 1839”. These slaves fetched the following prices: $530 for Naney and son, $525 for Jim. Also noted are seizures of land, and court costs. This action was initiated by Richard Ashhurst & Sons of Philadelphia for non-payment of debt by the firm of Jeremiah W. Thomas; Thomas was also the tax collector for Lawrence County, AL, and he wasn’t able to pay the state the taxes owed due to his financial trouble.