Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: Slave Documents Collection,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1711-1878
Collection Number: Wyles Mss 75
Extent:
.4 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Vault
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
None.
Preferred Citation
Slave Documents Collection. Wyles Mss 75. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Multiple purchases, 1960s-2003.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.