Box 1
Contains 8 Results:
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
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.
Reproduction of receipt for the sale of a mulatto boy slave named Isaac from Dennis Callahan of Bath County, Virginia, to William Callahan, also of Bath County. [accession number 65-0067], 1819 Jan 20
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.
Letter signed P. Mellen [U.S. Senator Prentiss Mellen], Washington, to Samuel A. Bradley, Fryeburgh, Maine. Senator Mellen briefly discusses the Missouri Compromise, stating in part, “Here we are. Maine and Missouri are all the rage. We have taken the question as to slavery in Missouri, and the vote was yesterday. For interdicting slavery--16. Against it--27. We are now battling the watch as to the question whether the Senate will sanction the junction of the subjects in one bill by agreeing to the committee’s amendment. I am afraid they will.” [purchased from Forest H. Sweet, Battle Creek, Michigan, February 20, 1956], 1820 Feb 2
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.
Typescript copy of letter of M. Stokes [U.S. Senator Montfort Stokes], Washington, to John Branch, governor of North Carolina. Discusses the Missouri Compromise. (Typescript is on the letterhead of John H. Gundlach, St. Louis. Original letter was in his possession)., 1820 Feb 27
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.
Document signed M. [Marc] Lafitte, notary public of the city of New Orleans, regarding the sale of two female mullatoes, 19-year-old Francoise and 16-year-old Adalaide, property of Auguste Chouteau of St. Louis and brought to New Orleans for sale by Louis Menard to Madame Eugenie Delassize, widow of Louis Avart, of New Orleans. (in French, with typescript translation) [accession number 60-0116], 1822 Dec 20
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.
Petition of Winny, a free woman of color, to the St. Louis Circuit Court. She states that she and her three children, 7-year-old Malinda, 4-year-old Harry, and 1-year-old Lorinda, held in slavery by Rufus Pettibone, who purchased or obtained them from Thomas Whitset and Owen Wingfield. John Whitset (alias John Whitesides), his wife, Phebe, and son Thomas possessed Winny as a slave, and moved (circa 1792) from Kentucky to the Territory of the United States North West of the River Ohio, at or near a place then known as New Design or Whitesides’ Station. Winny contends that she was held in slavery in violation of the laws of the Territory of the United States North West of the River Ohio. Around 1796, John, Phebe, and Thomas Whitset moved to Upper Louisiana in the neighborhood of St. Louis, and brought Winny with them in slavery, against her consent. Upon the death of John Whitesides, Winny remained enslaved to Phebe and Thomas Whitesides until about 1817 or 1818, when she was purchased by Rufus Pettibone. Winny further states that she successfully sued Phebe for her freedom in the Missouri Supreme Court, yet Rufus Pettibone refuses to liberate her. Also includes affidavit of Winny, dated May 16, 1825., circa 1825 May 16
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.
Promissory note of unknown individual [signature is missing] to Francis Nash for the hire of a black boy named Henry. Verso contains the name John P. White. [accession number 59-0034], 1829[?]
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.
Two documents relating to the estate of Russell Farnham: (1) Bill of William Carr Lane for medical attendance he provided to Gabriel, a slave belonging to the deceased [Russell Farnham], who was stabbed in the chest by William Mundy. Mundy had agreed to pay the bill, but had not done so. Notation on verso of document reads, "Received November 4, 1835, of the administrator $10.30," signed William Carr Lane. (2) Undated petition of Charles, a man of color, by his friend William Austin. The petition states that Charles is held as a slave by Pierre Chouteau, administrator of the estate of Russell Farnham. On October 17, 1831, Russell Farnham executed a document agreeing to free Charles after he paid $250 to Savage & Bostwick and then served Farnham for one year. The petition further states that Charles served William H. Savage, and then paid Farnham $250; however, Farnham died before he could execute the document to free Charles. Judgment of the court states that Pierre Chouteau, administrator, should be discharged from his liability for the amount of the appraisement of Charles above $250., 1833 Apr 28
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.