Receipt of $800 for the sale of a 22-year-old Negro slave woman named Sarah from I. & T. Holliday to Thos Morse. Document dated Aberdeen, Mississippi. [accession number 57-0120], 1854 Nov 7

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5

Identifier: D01380

Staff Only

Receipt for $800 signed I. Holliday and T. Holliday, Aberdeen, Mississippi, November 7, 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.