Receipt of $1,200 for the sale of a 27-year-old Negro woman named Fannie from Eliz. Hewitt (represented by Mari B. Eckford[?]) to Sarah A. Morse. Document dated Aberdeen, Mississippi. [accession number 57-0134], 1856 Sept 6

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5

Identifier: D01412

Staff Only

Receipt of $1,200 signed Mari B. Eckford[?], Aberdeen, Mississippi, September 6, 1856

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.