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Item Title: Slave

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- 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
- 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
- Advertisement for a runaway slave, submitted by Alexander Erskine in Huntsville, Alabama.
- 1825-08-05
- In the advertisement Erskine discusses the slave's physical appearance, disposition, and possible motive: "It is probable that he has obtained free papers and may attempt to pass himself as a free man. There is reason to believe he will try to find...
- 2009-08-24
- Deed of gift from John D. Terrell to his daughter, Alpha Neal, giving her a young slave woman "and her issue."
- 1828-01-01
- The deed specifically protects the gift from the control of Alpha's husband: "...the said John Thomas Neal, may have the use of the said negroe [sic] girl while he lives, as a husband to his wife and a father to his children, but that is all he...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter to James Dellet, informing him that his slave Barry had escaped with others the previous night.
- 1832-03-31
- 2009-06-25
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by Reuben Bennett from Richard Cooper.
- 1833-01-10
- Bennett purchased the slave, a nineteen-year-old young man named Willis, for $600 in Selma, Alabama.
- 2010-11-12
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by Dr. Benjamin Rush Jones from Eliza Jones.
- 1836-10-28
- Jones purchased the slave, a fifty-year-old woman named Rachel, for one dollar.
- 2009-06-25
- Slave deed of gift from Alexander Blackshear, Sr., of Henry County, Alabama, to his son, Alexander Blackshear, Jr.
- 1836-12-27
- Upon Blackshear's death, his son will receive a slave named Dennis, who is currently about twenty-four years old. The document is witnessed by John Murphy and Joseph Albritton.
- 2009-09-18
- Letters to James Dellet, regarding the sale of two slave boys that he is interested in purchasing.
- 1838-11
- The first letter, from the firm of Norris and Keith in Mobile, Alabama, discusses the pending sale and asks Dellet to instruct Colonel Richardson, who will handle the transaction. In the second letter, S. C. Richardson informs Dellet that he...
- 2009-06-25
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by Robert S. Gracey from Franklin Furman.
- 1839-02-02
- Gracey purchased the slave, a twenty-three-year-old man named Hampton, for $750 in Montgomery County, Alabama.
- 2009-09-04
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by Reuben Bennett from E. G. Brown.
- 1840-04-29
- Bennett purchased the slave, an eighteen-year-old "Mulatto boy" named Robert, for $800.
- 2010-11-12
- Deed of gift from John D. Terrell to his son, Edward G. Terrell, giving him the slave woman Delilah and her daughter, Abba.
- 1840-12-15
- The gift is conditional, however: "That if myself or Edwards [sic] mother my wife should in the events of life consider that either of us should stand in need of said negroes--then either of our own judgements [sic] shall rule and take the said...
- 2009-06-25
- Sheriff's deed for the purchase of a slave by R. D. Gayle at an auction in Clarke County, Alabama.
- 1848-06-05
- Gayle purchased the slave, a four-year-old boy named Blount, for $173.
- 2011-11-16
- Bill of sale for a slave bought by Presley Davis from John A. Stringer.
- 1848-10-02
- Davis purchased the slave, an eight-year-old boy named Pinkney, for $300 in Pike County, Alabama.
- 2009-06-25
- Advertisement for a captured slave, submitted by Sheriff P. B. Skipper in Henry County.
- 1849-10-16
- In the advertisement Skipper describes the slave and asks his owner, Jackson Lawrence of Russell County, Alabama, to "come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take him away."
- 2009-08-24