[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript deed of trust bequeathing seven enslaved men, women, and their children. Beaufort District, SC, 19 February 1817.
Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022
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Estimate
$300 -
$500
Sold for $375
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Lot Description
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript deed of trust bequeathing seven enslaved men, women, and their children. Beaufort District, SC, 19 February 1817.
4pp, 8 1/2 x 11 in. (heavily toned, separation at folds).
Enslaver William Allen Loper (1778-1817) bequeaths to his wife Rachael H. Loper, "seven negro slaves, namely: Jack, Nancy, Polly, Sam, Delia, Julia and Catherine and their issue...."
[With:] Bond of Richard H. Colcock, Assistant Clerk, Bank of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, 1 April 1852. Document signed by Richard H. Colcock, John Colcock, W.F. Colcock, and W. Ferguson Hutson, indicating that the men are "bound unto the Bank of Charleston South Carolina in the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars" and appointing Richard H. Colcock "one of the Clerks of the said Bank to fill until otherwise directed...." The Bank of Charleston was the largest private bank in antebellum South Carolina. The Holcock brothers descended form a prominent South Carolina family, and held important business and political roles in the state.
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