[Slavery & Aboltion] Importation of Slaves to Kentucky

Manuscript document signed by Justice of the Peace John Cunningham. [Bourbon County], Kentucky, June 1841. Docketed to verso with note by County Clerk Thomas P. Smith. In 1833, Kentucky passed a law t

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

Two-page last will and testament written by Sarah Forrest of Bourbon County, Kentucky in 1842. We have not previously handled a document regarding slavery in which the sole owner is a woman, making th

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 1850) Author: Title: Indiana woman in Kentucky sees slaves for the first time, 1850 letter Place Published: Publisher: Date Published: 1850 Description:

Heading: (African American - Slavery) Author: Turpin, Philip O. Title: Manumission [Emancipation] of slave Peter Harris, Document Signed. Place Published: Gallatin County, Kentucky Publisher: Dat

Three-page 1814 last will and testament relating to the estate of John Hildreth of Bourbon County, Kentucky. In his will, Hildreth lists various slaves and directs that they be left to named heirs. Hi

Three-page 1836 last will and testament written by a man named Barrett Turner of Madison County. Kentucky. In his will, Turner says he would prefer if his slaves continued to work on his land instead

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

Cassius Clay, born 1810 in Kentucky. He was a "Kentucky planter, politician, and emancipationist who worked for the abolition of slavery. He freed the slaves that were handed down as his inheritance f

Two-page last will and testament detailing the estate of James Stewart of Pendelton County, Kentucky, dated 1849. Stewart stipulates that his "negro girl" Harriet and her three children are to be eman

Two-page document, dated 1833, detailing an appraisal of slaves once owned by Presly Talbot of Bourbon County, Kentucky. Talbot's wife, Elizabeth Dickson (her re-married name), was ostensibly due a po

Autograph document signed by Daniel Rucker (1780-1833). Bourbon County, Kentucky, 27 September 1832. 3 pages. Undersigned by witnesses. To verso, autograph addendum by Clerk of Courts Thomas P. Smith.

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

Slavery.- Slaves. Protectors of Slaves Reports; Demerara, Berbice, Trinidad, St Lucia, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, vol. XV, original cloth, paper label to spine, surface soiling, one or two small st

1860 History of Slavery SLAVE Trade in Africa Illustrated Civil WAR Blake A famous, detailed account of the origins of slavery both in North America and ancient history including African slave trade f

1898 Civil War Nursing SLAVERY Slave Torture Illustrated Mary Livermore Story Mary Livermore was an American author during the Civil War, who recorded the events of her work during the war, particular

Blake. The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade. Ohio, 1859. Large 8vo. Some foxing to title page but o/w text clean. Worn embossed black leather, binding intact.

1860 History of Slavery SLAVE Trade in Africa A famous, detailed account of the origins of slavery both in North America and ancient history including African slave trade from the 15th- to 18th-centur

Original TIMES NEWSPAPER c1816 vgc Report on Slavery & Slave ShipsTHE TIMES NEWSPAPER - DECEMBER 31TH, 1816This newspaper is on very good condition, page sheets almost separated and features among oth

1864 Civil War 1st/1st In War Time Whittier Quaker Slavery Slave Abolition “…on the whole, the most American of all our poets, and there is a fire of warlike patriotism in him that burns a

1853 THE PRO-SLAVERY ARGUMENT Southern States, 1ST ED, Very Rare Find MORALS OF SLAVERY SLAVES The PRO-SLAVERY ARGUMENT As Maintained by the Most Distinguished Writers of the Southern

1860 SLAVERY Slave Trade Civil War Impending Crisis of the South The Impending Crisis of the South and How to Meet It, Census and Statistics Slave Count per Southern State, Value of S

Details: 8pcs Collectible Antique Newspapers AMERICAN HISTORY & AMERICANA 1786-1857 Slavery Slaves Independent Gazetteer New York Tribune Tom & Jerry Circus West Point This group features 8 antique n