A list of sales figures to various places throughout the United States and the tonnage shipped for the year 1766. [page 1] A continuation of the sales list for the year 1767. [page 2]
A bill of sale for two slaves (named Monday and Bill) purchased by Michael Dougherty of Montgomery County, Virginia, from Robert Graham of Mecklenburg, North Carolina.
Several promissary notes for the hiring of enslaved people. Enslaved person Caroline, from the estate of Harding Browning, was hired by T.M. Stine for 65 dollars for a year of employment. Also included is a voucher for the capture and return of an enslaved person and an entry for shoes for slaves.
Documents for the sale of enslaved people Margaret and her infant son Thomas, as well as Margaret's future children, "with the future issue and increase of Margaret", to Henry Wessels from Francis A. Mitchell for the sum of eleven hundres and fifty dollars. Auction was carried out by J.S. Riggs auctioneers.
Postcard of a man giving money to cariacture of a African American child while a Caucasian child looks on. Caption reads ' I'm not to blame for being white, sir!'.
Documents for the sale of an enslaved woman named Margaret and her unborn child to Francis A. Mitchell from Benjamin Lazarus for the sum of one thousand dollars. Auction was carried out by J.S. Riggs auctioneers.
The estate of William A. Barton consists of eight entries including the hiring out of two enslaved people and a value estimation of the enslaved people.
A stereo image of African American enslaved people picking cotton in a field with two overseers on horseback. "Copyright 1892, by B. W. Kilburn" printed on the side of the image.
A gem glass slide depicting three scenes. From right to left: "The attack on Fort Wagner", "The capture of Petersburg", and "Naval combat between the Monitor and Merrimac".
Copy of the Act of Procuration of Mrs. Stilwell to her attorney, Hudson English regarding the death of her husband. Stilwell grants English full power of attorney over the entire estate of her deceased husband.
A will of James Dykes of Scott County, Virginia in which James describes his estate and how it should be dispersed, including eleven enslaved people, listed by name.
A promissory note for the hiring of an enslaved person named Chelsea from Mrs. Margarett Whilaken [?] for a total of 120 dollars for the duration of a year.
An account of the Hardscrabble plantation that details concerns over frost threatening the crops of the plantation and the capture of runaway enslaved people.
An account of the Hardscrabble plantation that describes a scene of frost threatening the crops of the plantation and the capture of runaway enslaved people.
Postcard of Abraham Lincoln. Printed on front, top: "Abraham Lincoln, The Martyred President. February 12th 1809. April 14th 1865." Printed on front, bottom: "Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Issued January 1st 1863. Four millions [sic] of slaves were liberated from bondage that had existed from the beginning of the national life. Henceforth a government without a master and without a slave."
The estate of John Towns, as described by executor George Towns, consists of several senslaved people including a young woman named Caroline with two children and a seventeen year old male.
