Browse Items (13 total)
-
Note for payment for advertising sale of enslaved woman, November 9, 1813
Note for payment for advertising sale of enslaved woman, November 9, 1813 -
Bill of sale for Fran, 21 December 1795
Bill of sale for an enslaved girl named Fan. -
Hiring out agreement, 13 January 1825
Hiring out agreement between Charles W. Thruston and John J. Jacob for an enslaved girl named Mary, 12 years old. -
Bill of sale for several enslaved people, 2 July 1823
A. J. Thruston bill of sale to Charles Thruston for several enslaved persons, including their names and ages. -
Letter from James D. Breckinridge to Thomas Bodley, 19 February 1815
Letter in which James D. Breckinridge writes of his desire to purchase enslaved people if they can be bought at the right price. -
Promissory note for the purchase of Juda and her two children, 29 November 1808
Promissory note from Adam Beatty to Henry Plummer for the purchase of an enslaved woman, Juda, and her two children. -
Hiring out agreement for an enslaved woman named Clara, 29 December 1807
Hiring out agreement for an enslaved woman named Clara, stating which clothes Beatty needed to supply and that she can be given up if proven to be with child. -
Hiring out agreement for Henry, 1805
Hiring out between Winslow Parker and Adam Beatty for an enslaved man named Henry. -
Hiring out agreement for a Patsy, 1805
Hiring out agreement between Thomas Marshall and Adam Beatty for an enslaved woman named Patsy. Document mentions the price but also that he is required to supply her with specific items of clothing. -
Bill of sale for Stephen, 13 November 1819
Bill of sale for an enslaved man, Stephen, to General James Taylor by Robert Wickliffe. -
Letter from Lemuel Wells to Charles Wells, 24 November 1827
Wells writes about trading along the Ohio River, the recent sale of one of his enslaved women named Hannah for $200, current prices in Natchez and Nashville for apples, cider, flour, and other goods. Notes his location as “150 miles below the Falls” and promises to write again when he reaches Natchez.
-
Letter from Valentine Meriwether to his father at the Falls of the Ohio, 23 August 1787
In this letter to his father, Meriwether discusses settling estate debts, stating that is they are not settled satisfactorily, the family may have to leave the state (Virginia). He tells of moving the people he enslaved from the kitchen into their own cabin, states the value of enslaved people will go down and "will not sell for more than a third of what they're worth." States he "never wanted to go to Kentuck [sic] till now but I am sure I can't stay here." -
Bill of sale for Molly and Polly, two women enslaved by Alexander Scott Bullitt, June 4th, 1810.
Agreements and a bill of sale for Molly and Polly, two enslaved women, between Alexander Scott Bullitt, Caleb Noel, and Tarleton Goolsby. Molly was to be sold at the house of Daniel Nicholson. The first letter concerns Polly, dated June 4th, 1810. On the back is a bill of sale for Molly, dated July 25th, 1809.