Receipt for $1,200 for the sale of “a Negro man named Alfred, one Negro woman & two children named Winney & Margaret and Montgomery, one Negro boy named Randolph one yellow girl named Sarah and one named Martha” from Felix Coonce to Saml. Gaty. [gift of W.P. Coonce], 1841 Dec 28

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4

Identifier: D01348

Staff Only

Receipt for $1,200 signed Felix Coonce, December 28, 1841

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.