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Slave bills of sale -- Alabama -- Specimens

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Bill of Sale for Enslaved Man Named Zeke

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0012
Abstract Bill of sale and warrantee for an enslaved person, Zeke, sold by W. S. Adkins of Lowndes County, Alabama, for $1600. The buyer's name is illegible.
Dates: 1860-02-16

James Boykin papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0196
Abstract Papers of an important Dallas County, Alabama, planter family, including correspondence, household and plantation records, materials regarding James Boykin’s cavalry unit during the Civil War, and papers of Boykin's descendants down to the mid-twentieth century.
Dates: 1833-1967; Majority of material found within 1848 - 1870

John Cocke Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0328
Overview Business correspondence, accounts, legal documents, and other materials (including the selling and purchasing of slaves) of this 19th century Marengo County, Alabama, plantation owner.
Dates: 1810-1899

J. H. Schraebel Bill of Sale

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4020
Overview Bill of sale for four slaves, Spotswood, Eacly, and two children, William and Thomas.
Dates: 1841 January 30

Daniel C. Smyly papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1300
Abstract Correspondence, financial papers, and other material pertaining this Dallas County, Alabama, plantation owner and physician, and his family.
Dates: 1843-1871

William and Crawford L. Brown family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3759
Overview Documents relating to the Mississippi and Alabama plantations of the Brown family, including bills of sale for slaves; receipts for tool repair, clothing, dry goods; tax receipts listing the number of slaves; business letters; and various legal agreements and other court documents.
Dates: 1834-1861