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[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. A group of 3 Virginia documents listing property including enslaved persons. Ca 1815-1854.
Sale 1310 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Feb 27, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. A group of 3 Virginia documents listing property including enslaved persons. Ca 1815-1854.
Manuscript receipt "A list of land & slaves owned by Jacob Campbell the first day of April 1815. The first district of Virginia Washington City." 1p, 7 1/2 x 4 in. (creasing, toning). Lists 8 enslaved persons by gender, age bracket, and value, totaling $2,170.
[With:] Tax receipt for Miss Francis Jane Irby. Washington County, Virginia. 1854. 1p, 6 1/4 x 2 in. (light creasing at center fold). Taxable categories include "Black" titheables as well as other personal property, salary, land, and a road levy. -- Tax receipt for Robert L. and John Berry. Washington County, 1848. 1p, 6 3/4 x 2 in. (toning, creasing, scattered marks). Taxable "Revenue" items include "Slaves" as well as horses, clocks, and land.
Property from the Augustana Collection