1839 Kentucky Sale, Slave Named America

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]

Black History 1746 Boston Slave a Boy Named "Prince" Sale Receipt March 7, 1746-Dated Early Colonial Massachusetts, Manuscript Slave Sale Document for a boy named "Prince," Suffolk County (Boston Area

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

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

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

Early one-page agreement of sale between Kentucky men, possibly brothers, for slaves. The document records that in 1804 John, Joseph, and David Brown negotiated a sale of two slaves, including a "negr

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

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

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

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

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

18" t x 11" w Ulster County Gazette, Jan. 4, 1800. Featuring articles by John Adams, and other news of America. Also features a Negro slave for sale advertisement "A Stout, Healthy, Active Negro Wench

Document describing the sale from J. John Smallwood to Fredric Guion of one 'negroe boy' named Thodrack 'about 12 years' for fifty pounds dated March 1787. Approximate Size: 8.75" H x 8" W All lots so

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

Two page slave bill of sale dated 1835 from Decatur, Georgia (near Atlanta). Three slaves are named: James, Nancy and their 10-year old daughter, Chloe. Extremely detailed writing. The owner of these

Black History Confederate States Brigadier General Benjamin Jefferson Hill of Tennessee Buys a Negro Slave Boy Named "Henry"! December 15, 1858-Dated Pre Civil War, Manuscript Slave Bill of Sale Docum

Original sale of slave document from Texas dated 1855 Slave was a 27 year old man named Ned and was blind in one eye.

Unusual document written in 1826 by the heirs of Sarah Thompson of Lincoln County, Kentucky, who died "interstate" sometime prior to this signed pact. In the "Article of Agreement," the heirs designat

Dated 1812, sale of "Mimmy" and her three children named in the document. Harrowing reminder of the period and the "peculiar" institution of slavery. Condition as shown. [Civil War, Union, Confederate

Slave bill of sale signed and dated May 15th, 1843 in Campbell County, Georgia. The bill notes that the sale is of a thirteen year old boy named Willard for the sum of $423. Condition as shown. [Civil

Original manuscript bill of sale for a 26-year-old enslaved woman named Tisha and her two children: Mary (5 years old) and Simon (3 years old). The bill is signed on June 20th, 1844 in Desoto Parish,

1859 bill of sale for "a Negro boy of dark complexion aged about twenty" named Joshua. The transaction occurred in Panola County, Texas, on the Louisiana border. Joshua was sold for the sum of one hun

Slavery.- State of South Carolina. Sale by John Blanton of Winnsborough to John Chesnut "One Negro Boy Slave, about eighteen years of Age, named Jacob", printed form with manuscript insertions, folds,

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