This letter is from South Carolina governor James Henry Hammond giving instructions to Attorney General Henry Bailey on handling the crisis over the "Negro Seamen" act by carrying out the resolution of the state legislature to expel Samuel Hoar from the state.
A document outlining the "conditions" that must be "complied" upon hiring an enslaved person. Conditions include not taking the enslaved person out of state, a requirement to "furnish" two suits of cloth, shoes and a blanket for the enslaved person, and to call a physician if an enslaved person is sick.
A list of enslaved persons purchased in 1844. The names of the enslaved persons are Andrew, Betty, Ceely, Jack, Colonel, Chloe, Simon, Cain, Cudjoe, Cyrus, Mingo, Judy, Daphne, Samson, Amelia, Mary, William, Mary, Julian, Eliza, Nancy, Myra, and March.
A bill of sale for six enslaved persons purchased by Langdon Cheves Sr. from A. Magrath for $2,430. The names of the enslaved persons are Mary, Juliann, Eliza, Nancy, Myrah and March.
A set of estate papers that includes a statement about a docket against H. Ball and Thomas Waring, a bill of sale between the estate of Thomas Waring and Robert F.W. Allston for enslaved persons named Paul, Miles, Elizabeth, Phillis and Toney, and a mortgage for the enslaved persons Paul, Miles, Elizabeth, Phillis, Toney, Katy, Morris, Josh, William and Castilio.
