Box 1
Contains 81 Results:
Document signed A. Serapunce, recorder of the parish of St. John the Baptist, Louisiana, certifying that there are no other mortgages in his records against Theadule Urbain Picou, Lise Picou, and Emilie Picou, free people of color, on a certain piece of property in the parish of St. John the Baptist nor on more than 60 slaves that the document lists by name and age. The document further states that Theadule Urbain Picou, Lise Picou, and Emilie Picou have granted in favor of Mrs. Hyppolite Bourgour the aforementioned land and slaves in order to guarantee payment of 18 notes, and that they have agreed to pay a life annuity to Francoise and Felicite, free Negresses, as established for them by the late Marie Louise Panis in a will taken May 16, 1849. (in French, includes translation) [gift of Doyce B. Nunis, Jr., Los Angeles, February 22, 1955], 1861 Apr 25
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.
Receipt of $400 for the sale of a 30-year-old Negro slave named Laura from Nathan Cole to Mrs. Virginia Wilkerson of St. Louis, Missouri. Document further states, “Mrs. Wilkerson is to hold the said Laura and her issue for the joint benefit of said Wilkerson and of Elihu W. Brown of Jacksonville, Ills. & the said Mrs. Wilkerson shall first apply the wages of sd.[said] Laura to the reimbursement of herself for the four hundred dollars paid me & shall then hold the said Laura for four hundred & fifty dollars for account of said E.W. Brown as aforesaid & whenever the said Laura shall have earned eight hundred & fifty dollars or if the same shall be paid to the respective party the said Mrs. Wilkerson & to said Brown by Laura's sister Ellen Wells then the said Mrs. Wilkerson shall give to said Ellen a bill of sale for said Laura or set her free at the option of afsd.[aforesaid] Ellen Wells, at all times, barring death or the running away of said Laura.” Includes correspondence dated 1933 between the donor and the Missouri Historical Society. (two items) [gift of Mrs. Carrie L. Wilkerson, May 1933], 1861 June 12
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.
Photostat of a portion of a page from the Missouri Republican that contains an advertisement of St. Louis merchants Henry Bell & Son for jeans and linseys for Negro wear., 1864 Jan 9
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 John Wilson, San Francisco, to Thos. Shackelford. Discusses a private meeting he attended in 1827 or 1828 with party leaders, both Democrats and Whigs, representing every district of Missouri, in which they considered how to abolish slavery in Missouri. Colonel Benton and Judge Barton attended the meeting. (includes partial typescript), 1866 Jan 13
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.
Photocopy of “The Story of Peter Boyd’s Life” as he told it to Mary C. (Mrs. George E.) Rix, in Keokuk, Iowa; copied by Elizabeth Irwin Elder in 1941. A native of Virginia, Peter Boyd was a former slave of Henry Clay. Boyd’s reminiscences discuss his life in Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Arkansas. He worked in gold mines, tended Henry Clay’s horses, and worked as a blacksmith. He mentions meeting General Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. During the Civil War he was captured at Arkansas Fort, and taken to St. Louis. He then worked on steamboats, and traveled up the Missouri River to the Idaho gold mines on the steamboat Kilkarney. He was later freed, and settled in Keokuk, Iowa. (9 pages) [accession number 76-0001], 1900 Mar 15
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.
Circular titled “Immediate and Unconditional Emancipation in Missouri, 1865-1901, Thirty-Sixth Anniversary.” Circular discusses St. Louis mayor Chauncey I. Filley’s efforts to abolish slavery in Missouri, and includes a facsimile of an ordinance abolishing slavery in Missouri, dated January 11, 1865. [accession number 63-0058], 1901 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.
Letter signed H.A. Trexler [Harrison Anthony Trexler], Baltimore, Maryland, to E.M. Violette [Eugene M. Violette], Kirksville Normal [School], Missouri. Shares bibliographic references with Violette regarding slavery in Missouri, and discusses his research on this topic. (In 1914, Trexler wrote a book titled Slavery in Missouri, 1804-1865)., 1913 Mar 15
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 H.A. Trexler [Harrison Anthony Trexler], Baltimore, Maryland, to “My Dear Mr. Violette [Eugene M. Violette].” Trexler agrees to read Violette’s manuscript, and inquires about a summer position in Missouri., 1913 Mar 26
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 H.A. Trexler [Harrison Anthony Trexler], Baltimore, Maryland, to "My Dear Violette [Eugene M. Violette]." Discusses slave laws and codes in Missouri., 1913 Mar 31
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 H.A. Trexler [Harrison Anthony Trexler], University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, to Judge W.B. Douglas [Walter B. Douglas], St. Louis, Missouri. Encloses a copy of a paper he wrote titled "Slavery in Colonial Missouri." (Walter B. Douglas was a historian and former president of the Missouri Historical Society). (typescript paper contains 13 pages), 1915 Jan 9
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.