Lot 231
[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. A group of 6 estate documents listing individual enslaved persons, most by name. Ca 1830-1858.
Sale 1310 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Feb 27, 2024
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[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. A group of 6 estate documents listing individual enslaved persons, most by name. Ca 1830-1858.
Manuscript "Schedule an appraisement bill of the personal Estate of Benjamin French Deceased shown to us by William Leisur[e] his administrator this 30th of March 1830." Lincoln County, Kentucky. 30 March 1830. 2pp, 7 3/4 x 12 in. (creasing, toning). Appraisal identifies six enslaved persons by name and age, including "Negro man Ephraim" age 32, "girl Mariah" age 13, "Negro James" age 7, "Negro woman Biddy [sp?]" age 43, "Negro Joseph" age 15, and "Negro boy Barnett" age 11.
Manuscript receipt indicating a payment to George Williams, a portion of which was made "for a negro girl @ $664" and the balance in cash, being a portion of his interest in the estate of R. Smith deceased. N.p. [Kentucky?], 17 August 1839. 1p, 7 1/2 x 4 in. (toning, creasing, chipping at edges).
Manuscript estate accounting including division and disposition of enslaved persons from the estate of Josiah Caldwell deceased. Lincoln County, Kentucky. 13 February 1850. 4pp, 7 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (creasing, toning). Document identifies "Two negroes Janet & Giorga" who "by the will are given to the children of Phebe Duncan."
Manuscript "certificate" signed by John G. Pond indicating he did consent to the sale of a "Negro boy Jeff to H. Yates for $500 in the summer of 1832." Boyle County, Kentucky. 13 May 1850. 1p, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (creasing).
Manuscript bill of sale documenting a $15 payment for "a negro man Slave named Armsted about 60 years of age." N.p. [Kentucky?], 6 December 1858. 1p, 7 1/2 x 10 in. (creasing, chipping at edges).
[With:] Partial manuscript document recording the sale of a "negro man named Bill Pease" by William G. Bender to E. A. Goodwin for $850. Marion County, Mississippi. 27 November 1851. 1p, approx. 8 x 10 in. (two large losses to right side, dampstaining).
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