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Bill of expenses, for transporting 52 Negroes to Charles Town, [ca. 1700s]

Bill of sale. Hampshire County, Massachusetts, 12 June 1711

Bill of sale. Wake County, North Carolina, 1 Apr. 1791

Court summons, for emancipation suit. Frederick County, Maryland, 2 May 1794

Notice, "Ran Away.", 20 Aug. 1794

Bill of sale. Frederick County, Maryland, 19 Sept. 1794

Bill of sale. Frederick County, Maryland, 6 Aug. 1805

Notice of reward for return of two Negroes. Lincoln County [?], 5 June 1806

Bill of sale. Wakefield, North Carolina, 10 May 1809

Bill of sale for a Negro boy, Charles Pichegru, age 14. Sold by one Peter Sharp to Joshua E. R. Birth for $200.00, for a term of 16 years. Dutchess County, New York, 9 April 1810

Mandat de payement, for slave labor. New Orleans, 9 July 1814

Past due statement of account between a doctor and a slaveowner, documenting services of the doctor such as "extracting tooth for yellow man. $1.00". County of St. Louis, 7 Mar. 1815

Permission to marry, 26 July 1817

Mandat de payement, for slave labor. New Orleans, 10 Aug. 1819

Property tax return for 1819 (including sections for Negroes, Free Negroes, and Mulattoes). Charleston, South Carolina, 28 Jan. 1820

Manumission papers. New York, 26 July 1820

Estate list, including sale of 11 slaves, 1 Mar. 1821

Manumission papers. New York City, 17 June 1821

Bill of sale. Wake County, North Carolina, Nov. 1821

Bill of sale. Washington, D.C, 15 Jan. 1825

Slave releases. 4 items. New Orleans, 1825-1845

Power of attorney, for sale of slaves. Kentucky, 10 May 1830

Bill of sale. Tennessee, 19 Oct. 1833

Document of manumission wherein John Sarpy, "who is personally known to the Judge of said Court," released "my Negro girl named Filliet, aged about twenty years . Being of a yellow or mulatto color" from slavery. County of St. Louis, 5 Jan. 1835

Document of manumission in which Asa Wilgus "released from slavery liberated manumitted and set free my Negro woman Rhoda being of the age of thiry-eight years and able to work and gain a sufficient livelihood and maintenance". St. Louis, 21 Apr. 1835

Document of manumission. Mary Davis, by signing an "X", emancipated 45-year old Amy "as fully and absolutely as if she had been born free." City of St. Louis, 3 Oct. 1835

Document of manumission, in which J. B. Meachum "released from slavery, liberated, manumitted, and set free my Negro woman named Diana, being of the age of about thirty years, of sound mind and body, able to work and gain a sufficient livelihood and maintenance."10 Dec. 1835

Bill of sale, 2 Feb. 1836

Document of manumission, in which three heirs of John Davis emancipated his slave William Douglass, 27, for the sum of $500.00 paid by Douglass. County of St. Louis, 12 Mar. 1836

Document of manumission, by John Mulhall, emancipating Esther Bowen, "aged about 50 as believed from the best information," whose husband was a free Negro, for the sum of $100.00. County of St. Louis, 18 Aug. 1836

Bill of sale. Washington, D.C, 30 Sept. 1836

Jackson, A. 1 ALS, to "Old Mistress" Mrs. Sarah Trigg in Memphis, regarding price she would take for him to buy his freedom. North Yuba, California, 19 Oct. 1837

Promissory note for slave hire, 5 Jan. 1841

Promissory note for slave hire, 19 Apr. 1841

Bill of sale, 12 Aug. 1841

Sale document. Wake County, North Carolina, 13 May 1842

Receipt, 22 Oct. 1844

Petition from John Street Church, condemning slavery and opposing church participation in financial gains derived from slavery. Lowell, Massachusetts, 8 Sept. 1845

Receipts of payment for hire of slaves to work on chain gang. 2 items. New Orleans, Dec. 1845

Account for medical services, July-Oct. 1846

Bill of sale. Austin, Texas, 14 Feb. 1852

Comptroller's Warrant, payable for subsistence of three slaves. Vallejo, California, 1 Nov. 1852

Slave hire documents. 8 items, 1852-1858

Valuation of hire of slaves. Mississippi, 1 Mar. 1853

Complaint about overseer, 1853

Bill of sale. Bertie County, North Carolina, 4 Apr. 1854

Receipts for hire of slaves, 1855

Tax and fee bill, 1855

Receipt for "4 Days Hunting Negros.", 11 July 1857

Document of manumission. John C. Bull, "for divers good cause and considerations," emancipated his slave Henry. County of St. Louis., 6 Nov. 1857

Bill of sale. Richmond, Virginia, 20 Feb. 1858

Reports of hires of Negros for 1858. Mississippi, 1 Mar. 1858

Document of manumission, emancipating Jerry, "aged about 59 years about five feet ten inches in height, small scar on his forehead". City of Louis, 12 Oct. 1859

Document of manumission. William Glasgow released Jesse Bales from slavery, describing Jesse as "aged about 45 years, a mulatto of slight frame and about five feet seven inches high, and long a resident of this state." City of St. Louis, 3 Dec. 1859

Bill for coffin, Sept. 1860

Document of manumission, in which Orelana Schaumburg "released and set free my slave George Montague aged three years and six months and of a very light color." City of St. Louis, 1 May 1861

Bill of sale. Wake County, North Carolina, 26 July 1861

Document permitting transport of slaves to Atlanta, 16 Jan. 1864

Negro passport. Confederate States of America, War Department, 1865

Ames, Mary Clemmer. "The Slave Wife: A True Story of the Last Generation.", [ca. 1870]

Broadside, "Ought the Black Race to Enjoy Equal Liberty and Rights with the White Race?" Jacksonville, Florida., 1878.

Sale of real estate and slaves. Missouri Territory, County of St. Louis, n.d.