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  • Appraisal of the estate of William B. Stover, 1850
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    African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Slaves; Slaveholders; Property; Stover, William B., 1782-1850
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    Appraisal of the estate of William Bradford Stover (b. 24 June 1782 in S. C., d. 11 Nov. 1850 in Wilcox, Co., Alabama). Inventory of property includes 41 slaves, livestock, equipment, tools, furnishings, and other effects.
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  • Appraisal of the estate of James Ricks, January 21, 1860
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    African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Court records; Slaves; Slaveholders; Ricks, James; Means, J.H.; Word, William; Dickinson, James; Ware, Jennison; Harris, Edward T.
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    Appraisal of the personal estate of James Ricks filed in Probate Court in Calhoun County, Arkansas. Property listed includes 14 slaves, livestock, farm equipment, and tools.
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  • Bill of indictment for theft against a slave belonging to Ritchard Potts, 1839
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    African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Court records; Crime; Slaves; Slaveholders; Bender, John; Foreman, Daniel Duvall; Grace, Henry; Hauer, George; Hauman, Philip; Hogg, Samuel R.; Porter, Lawrence; Potts, Ritchard;
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    Bill of indictment against a slave, by the jurors of the State of Maryland, for receiving and secreting stolen goods from another slave.
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  • Bill of sale for slave of William B. Withers, January 18, 1858
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    African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Slave bills of sale; Slaves; Slaveholders; Withers, John G.; Withers, W. B.; Sherrill, Elam A.
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    Bill of sale transferring ownership of an 11 year old boy named Dick from John G. Withers of North Carolina to William B. Withers (b. ca. 1821 in S. C.) for the sum of $710.
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  • Bill of sale for slave of Abraham Brower, September 17, 1805
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    African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Slave bills of sale; Slaves; Slaveholders; Brower, Abraham; Brower, John D. Bogart, John; Jones, Isaac; Teabout, George;
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    Bill of sale transferring ownership of George Teabout from Abraham Brower of New York City to Isaac Jones for the sum of $100
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  • Bill of sale for slave of Thomas Stone, February 4, 1836
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    African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Slave bills of sale; Slaves; Slaveholders; Bouder, Thomas; Cotton, James; Stone, Thomas;
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    Bill of sale transferring ownership of girl named Mariah from Thomas Stone of Natchez, Mississippi to James Cotton for the sum of $850.
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  • Rebecca, Charlie & Rosa, emancipated slave children from New Orleans, ca. 1864
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    African Americans; Children; Slaves; Slavery--United States; Huger, Rebecca; Downs, Rosina; Taylor, Charles; Photographs
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    Carte-de-visite of Rebecca, Charlie & Rosa, Slave Children from New Orleans was taken at a school for emancipated slaves. According to an article in Harper's Weekly in 1864, the children had been set free by General Benjamin F. Butler in New...
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  • Inventory of land and slaves belonging to James Fullen, 1815
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    African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Slaves; Slaveholders; Property; Fullen, James,
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    Inventory of land, property and slaves owned by James Fullen.
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  • Inventory of slaves on the Jeffries Plantation, ca. 1851
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    African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Slaves; Slaveholders; Property; Plantations;
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    Inventory of property possibly drawn up as part of the settlement of the estate related to the Jeffries Plantation. Inventory lists eighty slaves by first name arranged by families. Information regarding their ages, years of birth or death, and in...
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  • Invoice for freight of B. Roach on the steamer S. S. Prentiss, ca. 1858
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    African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Slaves; Slaveholders; Steamboats; S. S. Prentiss; Roach, B.
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    Invoice for the transport of freight belonging to B. Roach on the steamboat S. S. Prentiss. Freight to be shipped down the Yazoo River includes slaves, tools, and general supplies.
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  • Letter to James Anderson from George Washington Parke Custis, June 26, 1806
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    African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slaves; Slaveholders; Plantations; Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.); Anderson, James; Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857; Thornton, William, 1759-1828
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    Letter to James Anderson, manager of the White House Plantation from George Washington Parke Custis, the grandson of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, from Mt. Washington. The letter concerns the management of the properties, sale of livestock,...
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  • Letter to Abraham. L. Pennock, June 18, 1845
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    Abolition; London Yearly Meeting (Religious Society of Friends); Society of Friends; Quakers; Quaker abolitionists; Slavery--United States; Pennock, Abraham Liddon, 1786-1868; Dirkind, Alexander;
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    Letter to Quaker abolitionist Abraham L. Pennock in Haverford, Pennsylvania from a fellow Quaker in England cautioning him about activism with Abolitionist societies in America. The correspondent also inquires about the availability of work and...
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  • Petition by the executors of the estate of Edmund Townsend, 1854
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    African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Court records; Slaves; Slaveholders; Townsend, Edmund; Townsend, John E.; Townsend, Samuel C.; Townsend, Thomas; Townsend, Wentworth R.; Johnson, Henrietta; Johnson, Robert; Parkes, L.;...
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    Petition by the executors of the estate of Edmund Townsend directing the disposition of two female slaves who are the daughters of the deceased.
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  • Special mortgage on twenty two slaves by Francis Duplessis, 1839
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    African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Slave bills of sale; Slaves; Slaveholders; Banks and banking; Mortgages; Bevin, Pierre; Duplessis, Francis; Dutton, John; Mazureau, Adolphe; Petit, Louis; West, John K.;
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    Special mortgage taken by Francis (Francois) Duplessis (b. 1786 in New Orleans) on twenty two slaves. This mortgage, held by the Union Bank of Louisiana, replaces a previous mortgage on thirty one slaves.
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