Receipt for the sale of a 16-year-old Negro slave named Lucy from Antoine Chenie of St. Louis County to Joseph Brazeaux (son of Louis Brazeaux). Chenie purchased Lucy from Jacob Bollinger at Ste. Genevieve the previous October. (Includes business card of A.W. Brooke, secretary and auditor, American Refrigerator Transit Co., with notation on the back: Joseph Brazeau was my grandfather-in-law)., 1814 Jan

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2

Identifier: D01692

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Receipt for the sale of a 16-year-old Negro slave named Lucy, from Antoine Chenie of St. Louis County, January 1814

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Slaves and Slavery Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. Approximately half of the documents in the collection are receipts for sales of slaves, some of which were recorded in various courts. The collection also includes deeds of emancipation; personal correspondence; and broadsides offering rewards for the capture of runaway slaves.