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Bill of Sale for Priscilla
Bill of sale for Priscilla, sold by Samuel Wakefield of Louisville, KY to Samuel Davis in Natchez, MS. Natchez, home of the infamous Forks of the Road market for enslaved persons, was where many enslaved persons were transported either by boat from…
Bill of Sale for William
Bill of sale for William, sold by Thomas G. James to E.J. Kent in Natchez. This bill of sale is unusual because it is pre-printed; most bills of sale were hand-written. Natchez, home of the infamous Forks of Road market for enslaved persons, was…
Contrabands as They Appear for Admission to Federal Lines
recto, handwritten in ink: No. 10 / No. 10 / Contrabands as they appear / for admission to Federal Lines / Baton Rouge Louisiana 1863 / Contrabands-verso, handwritten in ink: Contrabands as / they appear for / admission to Federal / Lines / Baton…
Freedom Papers of Joe Cornish
This document, issued by the Board of Police of Adams County, enabled the recipient, a free man of color named Joe Cornish, to remain in the county. The document provides a physical description of Mr. Cornish, and attests to his good character. The…
Deed of conveyance recording the sale of two slaves by Citizens’ Bank (represented by William C.C. Claiborne, President of Citizens’ Bank) to James Erwin of Caddo, Louisiana, August 1, 1842
Deed of conveyance recording the sale of two slaves by Citizens Bank (represented by William C.C. Claiborne as President of Citizens’ Bank) to James Erwin of Caddo, Louisiana, August 1, 1842.
Letter, William C. C. Claiborner to Col. Alexander De Clouet, 1814.
Letter, William C.C. Claiborne to Col. Alexander De Clouet, instructing him to be alert to “Agents of the Enemy busily engaged in exciting Negroes to insurrection” as British troops approached New Orleans.
General G.F. Shepley order, 1863
Order of General George F. Shepley, military governor of Louisiana, that William Furniss (possibly the prominent abolitionist Willian Henry Furness) is to visit all plantations in the state and is to be allowed free access to all colored persons on…
Gray, Josias of West Feliciana Parish sells fifteen enslaved persons to Ann Maria, woman of color, his emancipated housekeeper, 1839
Deed for the sale of fifteen slaves by Josias Gray, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, to Ann Maria, a free woman of color, of the same parish, in consideration of service rendered Gray by Ann Maria, in the capacity of Housekeeper, since her…
Bill of sale
Bill of sale from Savannah, Georgia for the purchase of two enslaved people, Ellen and her child, Caroline
Indenture agreement
Indenture agreement between Angus McQueen and Ellen