Receipt of $1,050 for the sale of a 25-year-old Negro slave named Jim from Mary H. Tindall to Alexander McElhinney. Document dated St. Louis County, Missouri., 1854 July 12

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5

Identifier: D01358

Staff Only

Receipt for $1,050 signed Mary H. Tindall, July 12, 1854

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.