Slave bills of sale

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a single receipt written by Carlet G. Richardson for a sum of $311.67 received from S. J. Tinker for the hire of enslaved persons, the sale of an enslaved individual, and other activities between 1839-1841.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a bill of sale by Jacob Ramser, Barbour County, Alabama, acknowledging the payment by Alpheus Baker of $1,000 for William, an enslaved man of about twenty years old. Ramser warrants William to be of sound mind and body, "except that three of the toes of his right foot have been partially cut off."

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a note from Louisiana A. Boykin, acknowledging the receipt of $1500 from Thomas Boykin in payment for an enslaved man named Buck, who was about twenty-three years old, "sound and healthy in Body & mind except Hernia." The transaction took place in Columbus, Georgia.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of a bill of sale indicating that William Garrard sold Samuel Luckett two enslaved women and an enslaved girl for the sum of $290: Judah, age twenty; Aggy, age nineteen; and Lourinna, age three. There are two addenda to the document, dated January 8, 1807 and February 1, 1813. The 1807 addendum is written from "Jefferson County."