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