Slave Documents Collection, ca. 1711-1878

Summary

Extent:

.4 linear feet (1 box)

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains bills of sale, manumissions, notes and receipts for slave hire, accounts for medical service, a property tax return, an estate list, correspondence, and essays. The materials for the most part were purchased as single items or small groups of items. Generally their only connection to each other is the subject matter, which relates to slavery and race relations in the United States in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The documents come from California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Acquisition information:

Multiple purchases, 1960s-2003.

Physical location:

Vault

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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