Browse Items (34 total)
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Slavery document, 26 August 1813
Document regarding the sale of an enslaved man named Bob. -
Letter to John Corlis, 8 May 1816
Letter dicsusses enslaved persons working on a plantation. -
Letter from Abraham Hite to Jonathan Clark, 13 December 1800
Letter from Abraham Hite to Jonathan Clark, in which he mentions land and the price of land on Beargrass Creek, stating Clark would take twelve dollars per acre or trade in enslaved persons. He states Charles Thruston was murdered by one of his enslaved men. -
Letter from William Clark to Edmund Clark, 25 December 1814
Letter from William Clark in St. Louis to his brother, Edmund Clark, in Louisville. Writes that he has drawn on him for sixty dollars for a sword and printing. Inquires about his health. Mentions his enslaved man, York. Notes "the prospect of Indian war is unfavourable to us and it may be proper to send my family to Kentucky or Tennessee. It is most probable to Kentucky in that case." -
List of goods being sold, 15 November 1815
A list of goods being sold, including an enslaved woman named Daphne. -
Letter from Valentine Meriwether to Arthur Campbell, 24 March 1802
Discusses purchasing land at the Falls of the Ohio and payments made for it using money or enslaved people. -
Letter from William Graham to Arthur Campbell, 24 September 1786
This letter mentions freedom and free government. He states, "Could I forget that I was a free man or that I knew anything of the nature of a free government I should be happy but the remembrance of these adds to the horrors of slavery." -
Letter between Mildred Ann Bullitt and E.B. Dickinson, circa 1820
Tells of Annie Christian having had a baby recently and it being nursed by an African American woman. -
List of enslaved people in the Bibb household that were sent to Liberia, 1832
List of those enslaved by the Bibb family that were emancipated and sent to Liberia. This document lists the names and the dates they were born. -
List of enslaved people in the Bibb household, 1815
List of enslaved persons in the Bibb household, including their age range and "value." -
Promissory note from Adam Beatty to Henry Plummer for the purchase of an enslaved woman 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 between Winslow Parker and Adam Beatty for an enslaved man named Henry, 1805
Hiring out between Winslow Parker and Adam Beatty for an enslaved man named Henry. -
Hiring out agreement between Thomas Marshall and Adam Beatty for an enslaved woman named 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.