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- Bill of sale for three slaves bought by H. M. Weedon from H. G. Wright.
- Weedon purchased the slaves, a thirty-five-year-old woman and her two children, for $1200 in Key West, Florida.
- 2011-09-22
- Transcript of "An Act for the Order and Government of Slaves" passed by the General Assembly of British West Florida.
- 1767-06-00
- Most of the act deals with the punishment of slaves who have violated the law. Possible offenses include running away; gaming; stealing; selling merchandise; carrying weapons; drinking alcohol; "assembling in great numbers...and drumming or making...
- 2010-02-10
- Section 8 of A. J. Pickett's "Interesting Notes upon the History of Alabama."
- 1779-00-00
- This section includes "very curious old" manuscripts, "being Bills of sale and other business papers made by the wealthy Creek Indians many years since." The documents were given to Pickett by Edward Hamrick of Montgomery.
- 2010-05-12
- List of items sold from the estate Martha Pettiway.
- 1803-03-18
- Henry Hayes administered the sale and also made several purchases, including three slaves
- 2009-06-25
- Bill of sale for slaves bought by Bolling Hall from William Alexander.
- 1803-09-05
- Hall purchased the slaves, a woman named Amey and her two children, for $500. Alexander agrees to compensate Hall if the woman is found to have a venereal disease: "in case the said negroe woman Amey has the clap or pox as supposed, I will make up...
- 2012-01-27
- Bill of sale for slaves bought by James Caller of Warren County, North Carolina, from John Murrell.
- 1805-00-00
- Caller purchased ten slaves (male and female, ranging in age from three to forty), a wagon, and ten horses for 900 pounds Virginia money.
- 2010-11-12
- Letter from O. Fitts in Warrenton, North Carolina, to James Caller.
- 1812-02-27
- In the letter Fitts introduces Caller to two men who plan to settle in the Mississippi Territory ("any services rendered them by you will confer an additional obligation on me"), and he discusses the will and estate of Green Duke, who died...
- 2010-11-12
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by Augustine Burge of Petersburg, Virginia, from Robert Pitcher.
- 1815
- Burge purchased the slave, woman named Mary Ann, for $400 on November 25, 1815. On the back of the receipt are three further transactions involving Mary Ann: first, she was transferred to John Butterworth on April 6, 1818; then she was sold to...
- 2012-01-27
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by John Butterworth of Petersburg, Virginia, from Robert Spiers.
- 1818
- Butterworth purchased the slave, a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old young woman named Fanny, for $500 on April 6, 1818. On the back of the receipt are two further transactions involving Fanny: first, she was transferred to Green Wood on April 18, and...
- 2012-01-27
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by Green Wood from E. Graves.
- 1818
- Butterworth purchased the slave, a boy named Griffin, for $575 on April 10, 1818. On the back of the receipt is another transaction involving Griffin, in which he was given to Bolling Hall on May 20.
- 2012-01-27
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by William R. Chieves from Samuel and Mary Baugh.
- 1818
- Chieves purchased the slave, a boy named Emanuel, for $600 on November 25, 1815. On the back of the receipt are two further transactions involving Emanuel: first, he was transferred to Green Wood on April 18, 1818, and then he was given to Bolling...
- 2012-01-27
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by David Cobb from Curtis Hooks.
- 1818-02-07
- Cobb purchased the slave, a young man named Claiborn, for $500 in Huntsville, Alabama.
- 2009-06-25
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by David Tate from Sophia McComb.
- 1819-03
- Tate purchased the slave, a fourteen-year-old young woman named Flora, for $500 in Monroe County of the Alabama Territory.
- 2009-06-25
- Mobile Gazette and Commercial Advertiser, volume 3, number 66.
- 1820-06-07
- The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; legal notices and estate sales; national and international political, economic, and military news; public land sales in Alabama...
- 2010-11-12
- Copies of slave records created by members of the Creek Nation.
- 1821-00-00
- Most of the documents deal with either the emancipation of slaves or the transfer of slave ownership to other family members. In addition to these records, there is a resolution (dated June 29, 1825) in which leaders of the Broken Arrow Council...
- 2010-05-12
- Letter from Thomas Lovett to James Dellet in Claiborne, Alabama.
- 1821-03-23
- In the letter Lovett discusses a dispute over a slave from the estate of John Bell; because Dellet had been involved with Bell's purchase of the slave, Lovett asks him to supply any available records related to the transaction.
- 2009-06-25
- Inventory of the estate of Lewis Golson, Sr.
- 1822-08-02
- Thirteen slaves are listed at the beginning of the inventory. The total value of the estate is over $6,000.
- 2009-06-25
- Small notebook kept by Frederick Weedon, describing a journey to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1823.
- 1823
- The notebook also gives inventories of personal and household items, as well as receipts for slave sales. A partial transcript is included.
- 2011-09-22
- Letter from Thomas Flournoy of Augusta, Georgia, to Bolling Hall.
- 1823-01-03
- In the letter Flournoy says that he is no longer interested in maintaining a plantation, and he asks Hall to purchase some of his slaves: "Lawyers, doctors, & merchants should have nothing to do with plantations & negroes--Overseers are...
- 2009-06-25
- Annual report for the state treasurer of Alabama.
- 1825
- The report gives revenue and expenses for the year. One source of income listed is the "Sales of captured African Slaves (being part of the proceeds of the sale of fifteen slaves)"; this earned the state almost $3,700. Among the expenses is a $300...
- 2009-09-18