1823 Named Inventory of Slaves and Property

In one binder, including a few war-dated letters, an estate document detailing property including 3 slaves, a several page handwritten document detailing birth and death dates of 50+ named individuals

A previously folded written inventory of the "Property of John ..... Mississippi Territory, Madison County", in double sided frame, dated 1817. Letter size 9.5" x 7.5", 17" x 13" (framed)

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

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

Autograph document. Harris County, Texas, 22 February 1837. 1 page, 4to, on blue paper. Undersigned by John I Watson, W.W. Stiles, and E.W. Taylor. A Texas appraisal of 6 named slaves in the estate of

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

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

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

Black History 1854 Official Tax Receipt Paid On Slaves 1854-Dated, Grayson County (likely Virginia), Partially-Printed Official Receipt For Taxes Paid On Slaves And Other Property, Choice Very Fine. T

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

ORNATE CHARLESTON SLAVE INVENTORY Unusual, ornate manuscript slave bill of sale, 2pp. folio, Charleston, S.C., Feb. 20, 1850, concerns an indenture between: "...Charles L. Desel of Charles, Physician.

A Pennsylvania land grant on vellum dated 5-20-1796, granting a property named "Richland" to William Bingham, and signed by Pennsylvania governor and Founding Father Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800). Miffli

A Pennsylvania land grant on vellum dated 10-11-1794, granting a property named "Sherburne" to William Bingham, and signed by Pennsylvania governor and Founding Father Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800). Miff

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

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

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

Original bill of sale is for slave named William, described as being about thirty years of age. Early example from Louisiana. Condition as shown. [Slavery, Abolition, Civil War, Union, Confederate]

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

Savannah Ga., June 18th, 1963 bill of sale for one Negro Slave named Archie Wilson, aged about nineteen years, in the amount of $3,000 received from one James Alexander Stuart, Esq. Document signed by