Sold2024Slave rental & failure to pay in 1827 VirginiaHeading: (African American, 1827-1831) Author: Title: Rental agreement for a quarter-year's hire of a Black slave and a court finding from four years later ordering payment of the delinquent fee plusSee Sold Price
Sold2016Authentic 1849 Charleston SERVANT Slave Hire TagBlack History Choice 1849 Charleston (SC) SERVANT Slave Hire Tag 1849-Dated. Charleston (SC) “SERVANT” Slave Hire Identification Tag by W.M. Rouse. Copper. Original & Genuine. Choice Very Fine. ThSee Sold Price
Sold2023Charleston, SC "Mechanic" slave hire badge, 1830Charleston, SC "Mechanic" slave hire badge, 1830, Slightly concave, small copper badge stamped "CHARLESTON 1830 MECHANIC No 20", with hole at top, clipped corners, 2"squ Provenance: Property from theSee Sold Price
Sold2023Confederate Slave Hire Contract1pp. Document detailing the hire of one “negro man Vincent” by the Confederate government. Vincent’s enslaver, WJ Johnson, was paid $225 for the length of Vincent’s service. AsSee Sold Price
Sold2024SIX ANTEBELLUM SLAVE HIRE DOCUMENTS 1810-1854Six Antebellum 19th century slave hire documents, the first is an 1810 one page Montgomery County, Georgia hire from the estate of Sarah Hightower, listing two slave boys named John and Nelson, signedSee Sold Price
Sold20221854 Slave Hire Contract Cherokee County, TexasBlack History Slave for Hire Document in Cherokee County, Texas 1854 January 13, 1854-Dated, Slave for Hire Manuscript Document, Cherokee County, Texas, Choice Very Fine. Original Manuscript DocumentSee Sold Price
Sold20221852 Genuine Charleston SC PORTER Slave Tag-BadgeBlack History 1852 Charleston, SC. "PORTER" Slave Hire Tag/Badge 1852-Dated Charleston, South Carolina. Rarer "PORTER" Slave Hire Tag/Badge. Made by William Rouse by City Contract. Very Fine. 1852-DatSee Sold Price
Sold2018Genuine 1813 Charleston, SC. PORTER Slave TagBlack History 1813 Charleston, SC. "PORTER" LAFAR Slave Hire Tag 1813-Dated, Genuine "PORTER" Slave Hire Identification Tag from Charleston (South Carolina), Tag Number "92", Hallmarked and made by J.See Sold Price
Sold20211847 Charleston, South Carolina Slave BadgeOffered is a truly wonderful and historic object. Residents of Charleston, South Carolina could hire slave labor on an “as-needed” basis from slaveowners during the late 1700s through theSee Sold Price
Sold20211826 Slave Auctioneer CRYING (Auctioneering) FeeBlack History 1826 (Auctioneering) Payment Kentucky Slave Auctioneer's "Crying" Fee on a Negro Slave Very Rare Original Receipt February 17th 1826-Dated, Manuscript Document Signed, "Wm. Hughs," InvoiSee Sold Price
Sold2017John Adams Signed Payment Receipt for LawsuitADAMS, John (1735-1826) Second President of the United States and a drafter of the Declaration of Independence, which he also signed. He later joined Franklin and Jay to negotiate peace with Great BriSee Sold Price
Sold2018Parallel Between Alcohol & Slave Trade Pamphlet 1828Parallel Between Alcohol Consumption And The Slave Trade Pamphlet 1828. Herman Humphrey, President Amhest college, Published by John P. Haven, 142 Nassau St. (New York) 1828 4" x 6 1/2" Pamphlet, "ParSee Sold Price
Sold2022Alabama Guardian Hires Out Seventeen Slaves from an Estate in 1860Alabama Guardian Hires Out Seventeen Slaves from an Estate in 1860 Guardian John F. Pate made this report to Probate Judge Zoroaster S. Cook in Wilcox County, Alabama, on his arrangements for hiring oSee Sold Price
Sold20231828 Mason Co. Ky. MS Slave DocumentSingle page unlined partial letter sheet (8 x 5”) with inked manuscript reading: Miss Elizabeth Graves and John Graves & Charles Graves Sir you are to pay forty Dollars of my part to Cathirine (See Sold Price
Sold2016Very Fine Condition 1845 Charleston Slave Tag -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 hiSee Sold Price
Sold2022Slaveholders Discuss Hiring Slave to Work in Distillery in Lynchburg, VirginiaSlaveholders Discuss Hiring Slave to Work in Distillery in Lynchburg, Virginia In this brief letter to Charles Anthony, Charles H. Lynch explains that John S. Langhorne would like to hire Anthony's slSee Sold Price
Sold2023Slave Made Linen Sheet.Slave Made Linen Sheet. Lou Caldwell Wedding Linen. c. 1828. Flax raised and thread spun and woven on Gabriel Slaughter Caldwell Plantation, Boyle Co. Kentucky. Some minor discoloration, otherwise gooSee Sold Price
Sold2021NC slave documentAccount of hire of negros & the sale of Becky & Eliza , John H. Atkins Estate Jan. 1, 1858 Sampson CountySee Sold Price
Sold2023Confederate Compensation re: Slave Labor (South Carolina)A fascinating 1pp. letter, written on July 4, 1863 by A.P. Aldrich of Barnwell Court House, South Carolina. In the letter, Aldrich inquires of a friend as to the best method to get payment from the CoSee Sold Price
Sold2021NC slave documentDec 31 1842 & Dec 1843 account of hire of negros, Sampson County NCSee Sold Price
Sold2024SIX ANTEBELLUM SOUTH CAROLINA SLAVE DOCUMENTSSix Antebellum 19th century documents all referencing John Thompson, York district, South Carolina, the first, an 1832 one page signed $5.00 receipt for a stained coffin, acknowledging payment receiveSee Sold Price
Sold2021North Carolina Slave documentAccount of hire of negroes Isaac W & Martha Grice Estate jan 1st 1842 to December 31st 1842. from Sampson CountySee Sold Price
Sold2021North Carolina Slave documentAccount of hire of Negroes Isaac W. & martha Grice Estate Jan. 1840See Sold Price
Sold2020Drink Hires Root Beer Embossed Tin Sign13.5" x 41.5" Vertical Tin sign with bright colors, minor paint flakes & bends. PLEASE READ & UNDERSTAND THE PAYMENT & SHIPPING TERMS FOR THIS AUCTION PRIOR TO PLACING BIDS. ALL BIDDERS ARE BOUND TO TSee Sold Price
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