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Authorizing the transfer of one negro slave boy, namely Peter, about thirteen years of age, from Jeremiah Simmons to Samuel Bordon of Tiverton, Rhode Island. The sale price is 155 "good silver spanish mild dolers".

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A document whereby John Adams acknowledges the validity of a slave bill of sale, transferring a negro named Jane from John Alston to William Wilboan (Wilburn?). The residences of the principles are unknown.

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A bill of sale recording the transfer of a slave named Hester, age about 15, from Isaac Williams of Wilkinson County, Mississippi Territory, to Callastie Brosseur or Brasseur of St. Landry Parish, Territory of Orleans. The sale price is $600.

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A bill of sale recording the transfer of a slave named Joe, age about 29, from Robert Frazer of Lexington, Kentucky to Joseph Boswill of the same city. The sale price is $600.

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This 1-page bill includes 8 bondsmen purchased at the sale of the estate of John McKellar, possibly of Cumberland County, North Carolina. The names of the slaves are Lucy (woman), Sam, Isham, Ned, Dinna, Lucy (girl), Maria, and Hetty; prices range from $191 to $1255.

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Recording the transfer of a slave woman named Eda from John Chadwick of Greenup County, Kentucky to Samuel Bordon. The sale price is 200 dollars in specie.

Scope and Contents Abd al-Rahman Ibrahima (c. 1762-1829) was a native of Timbo, Futa Jallon, in what is now the West African nation of Guinea. He was the son of the Fulbe chief Ibrahima Yoro Pate Sori, and was educated at the centers of Islamic learning in Sori's empire. Following his capture on a military expedition he was sold into slavery, ultimately working for some 40 years on a Natchez, Mississippi cotton plantation owned by Thomas Foster. Through an unlikely chain of events Abd al-Rahman's identity as...

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Hull's letter is mostly given over to a discussion of possible transactions involving two slaves named Clarke and Dick. The author was a physician and planter who had just assumed a chair in mathematics at the University of Georgia. The 1830 Federal Census indicates that he held 16 slaves.

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A will whereby Mrs. Clementina Holman of San Augustine County, Texas bequeaths to her two children ". . . The Eight Negroes and their increase[:] Morry and his children Henrietta and Richard[;] Peter Caroline and their Children Jane Ellick and Harry . . . ."

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Most of this personal letter is given over to a somewhat fractured narrative regarding the capture and attempted (illegal) sale of a group of runaway slaves, in Georgia and Alabama.

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Page 12 of this bill lists 18 slaves purchased at the sale of the estate of Isham R. Fox (d. 25 June 1854) of Madison County, Kentucky. Information includes the name of the buyer, the name of the bondsman, and price. Prices for individuals range from $100 to $1805.

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This "Appraise Bill of the Goods and Chattles of Zachariah Gray died Oct. 31st 1854" includes 8 slaves, with values ranging from $270 to $1000.

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Authorizing the transfer of a slave named Maria, forty-one years of age, and her child from T. W. Williams of Monroe Country, Mississippi to Martha E. Turberville, wife of John W. Turberville. The sale price is $1100. Williams states in the document that the negroes are "healthy and sensible and slaves for life."

Scope and Contents A bill of sale recording the transfer of slaves from Grandeson M. Kemp of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana to Simpson Kemp of Livingston Parish. The sale includes "The following described Slaves (to wit) Tom a negro man of black color aged Twenty Eight years. June a negro woman of black color aged thirty seven years and her four children all of black color Lazarus a boy aged Eight years Lawson aged Six years Monroe aged four years and Amanda aged four months and Teresa a Girl of Griff Color all...

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Page 8 of this bill lists 22 slaves purchased at the sale of the estate of Thomas Willis of Madison County, Kentucky. Information includes the name of the buyer, the name of the bondsman, and price. Prices for individuals range from $1 to $555. The slaves' names are Anthony, Louan (with one child), Mourning, Thomas, Matthew, Emaline, John, George, Harrison, William, Permela (with one child), Mary (with one child), Robert, Taylor, Sarah (with one child), Church, Bettie, and Polina Jane.

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A document recording the findings of a commission appointed by the Lincoln County (Kentucky) court, whereby the 22 slaves of Samuel A. Middleton, deceased, are appraised and divided among Middleton's widow and other heirs. Listed bondsmen are Amanda (with three children), Caroline (with one child), Morgan, Harriet, Sallie, Belle, George, Sam, John, Caleb, James, Dave, Andy, Thornton, Brady, Nathan, and Maria (with one child). Values range from $175 to $500.

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Included in this second codicil to the will of Martin Gentry of Madison County, Kentucky is the statement: "At the age of Twenty one years I emancipate and set free a negro boy named Lewis about six or seven years old copper colour his mother's name was Samina she is dead. It is my will that the boy Lewis be put to live with Mrs. Elizabeth Dean . . . until he arrives at twenty one years of age."