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Enslavement
Appraiser's book from the estate of Jonathan Clark
Letter from George Corlis to John Corlis, 24 March 1816
Hiring out agreement for an African American family, 31 December 1821
Involuntary, unmerited, perpetual, absolute, hereditary slavery, examined, 1808
An excursion through the United States and Canada during the years 1822-23
Acts passed at a General Assembly in Richmond, 1 May 1780
Remarks on Cholera, 1833
Receipt for African American enslaved person, 11 March 1816
Will of Annie Christian (copy), 10 October 1789
Order of Isaac Shelby to Mrs. Christian, 10 December 1787
Order of Annie Christian to Captain James Asturgus, 30 May 1787
Order of Annie Christian to John Bellie, 28 February 1786
Letter from Annie Christian to Colonel Alexander S. Bullitt, 24 April 1788
Alexander Blair, deed of emancipation, 7 July 1828
Letter from Lemuel Wells to Charles Wells, 24 November 1827
Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur, 7 October 1789
Letter from her cousin Edward to Annie Christian, 9 September 1786
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 14 December 1810
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 3 July 1810
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 26 August 1809
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 22 July 1809
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 28 May 1809
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, ca. 1 March 1809
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 21 January 1809
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 2 January 1809
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 17 December 1808
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 10 December 1808
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 22 and 24 November 1808
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 9 November 1808
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 21 July 1808
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 2 July 1808
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 6-7 June 1808
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 4 February 1802
Letter from Nicholas Meriwether to William Christian, 7 November 1785
Letter from Nicholas Meriwether to William Christian, 28 September 1785
Booklet containing record of Thomas Wallace's enslaved persons, 1819
Richard Taylor deed, 11 November 1824
Letter discussing slavery, 31 January 1806
Letter from John W. Hundley to David L. Ward, 19 March 1815
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 1 March 1815
Letter from Francis H. Gaines and John W. Hundley to David L. Ward, 18 February 1815
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 11 February 1815
Letter from Thomas Scott, 10 January 1814
List regarding the cost of enslaved persons, ca. 1800-20
Will of Samuel Pottenger, 1794
Bill of sale for and enslaved woman named Prudence and her child, Matilda, 1819.
Account with Mrs. Sarah Oldham Meriwether and Thomas Kelly, 1819
List of lands, dwelling houses, and enslaved persons in the estate of William Meriwether.
Note for payment for advertising sale of enslaved woman, November 9th, 1813
Bill of sale for an enslaved girl, 21 December 1795
Hiring out agreement, 13 January 1825
Bill of sale for several enslaved persons, 2 July 1823
Slavery document, 26 August 1813
Letter to John Corlis, 8 May 1816
Letter from Abraham Hite to Jonathan Clark, 13 December 1800
List of goods being sold, 15 November 1815
Letter from Valentine Meriwether to Arthur Campbell, 24 March 1802
Letter from James Anderson Pearce to Jonathan Clark, 30 March 1811
Letter from James D. Breckinridge to Thomas Bodley, 19 February 1815
Letter from James Anderson Pearce to Thomas Bodley, 19 November 1811
Account of sales of the estate of John Lyon, 29 January 1813
List of enslaved people in the Bibb household that were sent to Liberia, 1832
List of enslaved people in the Bibb household, 1815
List of enslaved people in the Bibb household, 1821
Hiring out receipt for an enslaved woman named Hannah, 24 August 1809
Promissory note from Adam Beatty to Henry Plummer for the purchase of an enslaved woman and her two children, 29 November 1808
Hiring out agreement for an enslaved woman named Clara, 29 December 1807
Hiring out between Winslow Parker and Adam Beatty for an enslaved man named Henry, 1805
Hiring out agreement between Thomas Marshall and Adam Beatty for an enslaved woman named Patsy, 1805
John Bryant, deed of emancipation, 5 October 1818
Alexander Blair, deed of emancipation, 7 July 1828
Bill of sale for an enslaved man to General James Taylor, 13 November 1819
Letter from Ann Thruston to Captain John O'Fallon, 30 January 1819
Bill of sale for an enslaved man named Barrett to Charles Thruston, 19 December 1828.
Note for a freedom-seeking enslaved man named Tom, 28 May 1828
Bill of sale for an enslaved man named Louis to Charles Thruston, 22 March 1827
Bill of sale for an enslaved boy named John to Charles Thruston, by Algernon S. Thruston, 30 October 1823
Bill of sale for an enslaved woman named Abby to Charles W. Thruston, 23 March 1823
Account for enslaved persons under mortgage in Louisiana, 4 May 1790
Letter from Valentine Meriwether to his father at the Falls of the Ohio, 23 August 1787
Moses Hall, deed of emancipation, 4 August 1800
Letter from Harrodsburg, Kentucky, 30 January 1780
Booklet containing record of Thomas Wallace's enslaved persons, 1819
Patrick Henry to William Christian, 25 February 1786
Letter from John W. Hundley to David L. Ward, 19 March 1815
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 1 March 1815
Letter from Francis H. Gaines and John W. Hundley to David L. Ward, 18 February 1815
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 11 February 1815
Letter from John W. Hundley to David L. Ward, 6 February 1815
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 16 January 1815
Bill of sale for and enslaved woman named Prudence and her child, Matilda, 1819.
Account with Mrs. Sarah Oldham Meriwether and Thomas Kelly, 1819