Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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JAMES WILKINSON, signed, May 22, 1809, statement concerned with receiving a slave called Jess...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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MOORE, ROBERT, DS, (Galveston) July 3, 1846. Promissory note for $400 "for value received which may be discharged in a good likely young black woman not more than twenty...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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PERRY, W.B., DS, Colorado County, September 7, 1844. Writ of sequestration regarding the slaves of David Calloway, deceased which were believed to...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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ILIAMS, BASIL G., ADS, Colorado County, February 9, 1842. Legal document regarding the recovery of two slaves "a negro man named George and a girl named Lucy." 2pp. 8 1/2 x...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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CARTWRIGHT, R.G., DS, San Augustine, April 26, 1842. Inventory of slaves in the state of William P. King and receipt for "one negro fellow named Dudly aged about 45 years."...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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TAYLOR, R.M. November 28, 1842. Sale of a woman named Ester to Joseph Gladney [Photocopy from V.F. "Walker County"] 1p. 8 x 10
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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MIDDLETON, JOHN W., DS, Washington County, December 30, 1845. An inventory of the property belonging to the estate of Nathan P. Browning, dec'd. A male slave is...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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THOMPSON, JESSE, DS, Fort Bend County, January 16, 1843. Petition for the sale of personal property of Jesse Thompson, dec'd, "except negroes" and appending a list of the negroes...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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TOM, JOSEPH, ADS, Austin Colony, August 11, 1843. Promissory note to W. Pinchard pledging "two gentle cows and calves or twenty dollars" for the hire of his negro...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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STEVENSON, ROBERT, ADS (Washington County), September 18, 1838. Promissory note for $267.50 for "the hire of two negroes by the names of Beck and James" (the said negroes to...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866 SHH VI:21 (SLAVERY) La Grange, December 21, 1861. Names and ages of Negroes belonging to N. Franklin, Joab A. Hill, Warren J. Hill and Mary J. Hill. 1p. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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BUDD, JOHN, DS, La Grange, January 1, 1864. Pledge of $180 payment for the hire of three slaves "to wit, Aldrick, Nelson and Bubly for the year 1864." 2pp. 5 x 8
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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COCKS, JAMES, DS, Galveston, March 13, 1861. Deed of Trust pleading "that certain negroes named Mary, of black color and aged about nine years" for the payment of...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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KILLOUGH, NASHE, AD, Cherokee County, (ND). Killough's last will and testament bequeathing to his daughter "my negro woman Pauline with all her present and future...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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THOMAS, J.D., DS, San Augustine, March 29, 1847. Account of Negro Hire of Negroes belonging to the Estate of Robert G. Anderson, deceased. Labour of a negro male was valued at...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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CRUMPER, D.D., ADS, Brenham, May 22, 1850. Court order for the sale of "two certain negro slaves (a women named Rhoda...about forty-five years old) of black complexion and a...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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YERGER, SAMUEL, ADS, Galveston, June 16, 1847. Petition for the recovery of slaves "named George and John who... were fraudulently and clandestinely removed...from...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
DICKERSON, WILLIAM, ADS, San Augustine, March 1866. Petition to the court requesting that a colored girl named Lucinda be bound to the petitioner for a period of eighteen years in exchange...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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SELLERS, JOHN, DS, Cherokee County, November 9, 1853. Inventory and appraisal of slaves in the estate of James Cook. A mature male slave is value at $1000 whilst...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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RUCKER, JAMES E., DS, Rusk, Cherokee County, February 3, 1857. Sale of slaves at auction on a credit of twelve months. $1300 each was bid for two negro men. 2 pp. 8...
