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43. Doctor's Bill

Doctor's Bill
Date:
1854-05-10
Description:
A doctor's bill for services rendered on to a enslaved woman name Lizza for two and a half dollars

45. Bill of Sale for Two Slaves

Bill of Sale for Two Slaves
Date:
1782-09-02
Description:
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.

46. Slave Bill of Sale

Slave Bill of Sale
Date:
1859-06-29
Description:
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.

47. Slave Bill of Sale

Slave Bill of Sale
Date:
1858-12-14
Description:
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.

48. Slave Bill of Sale

Slave Bill of Sale
Date:
1803
Description:
A bill of sale for an enslaved person between Watkins and John Godby for the sum of one hundred and ten dollars. Transaction took place in Virginia.

49. Slave Bill of Sale

Slave Bill of Sale
Date:
1859-01-03
Description:
A bill of sale for a enslaved man named Thomas sold to Daniel Cranford by Aubury Kimborough.

50. John Brown Ephemera

John Brown Ephemera
Date:
1848-07-06 and 1848-07-11
Description:
Summons signed by Israel Russell and Fontaine Beckham, both town officials of Harper's Ferry that were victims of John Brown's raid.

51. John Brown Ephemera

John Brown Ephemera
Date:
1860-03-03 and 1860-02-24
Description:
Summons signed by Israel Russell and Fontaine Beckham, both town officials of Harper's Ferry that were victims of John Brown's raid.

52. Norfolk, Virginia, City Tax Document

Norfolk, Virginia, City Tax Document
Date:
1858-06-24
Description:
A tax document for the city of Norfolk, Virginia, with slaves, real estate and other items being listed as taxable.

54. A Notebook Containing Recollections of Rose Pringle Ravenel

A Notebook Containing Recollections of Rose Pringle Ravenel
Date:
1920
Description:
A notebook (ca. 1920) containing reminiscences by Rose P. Ravenel, who writes about her girlhood, her relationship with her "mammy" and her French nurse. She describes life at Farmfield Plantation during the Civil War, knitting socks for Confederate soldiers, making paper and envelopes, salt production, molasses candy, flower dolls, and the family's hardships after the Civil War.

56. Mason County, Kentucky, Tax Form

Mason County, Kentucky, Tax Form
Date:
1862
Description:
A tax form for Mason County, Kentucky, with a total of four dollars fifty cents made payable to the sheriff of Mason County.

58. Estate Distribution Papers

Estate Distribution Papers
Date:
1834
Description:
The distribution of an Estate in Talbot County, Georgia, listing ten enslaved people by name, sex and age.

59. Estate Distribution Papers

Estate Distribution Papers
Date:
1834
Description:
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.