Bills of sale for John and Nancy, two enslaved children, sold by Maria Cohen, Levi Sheftall D'Lyon and James Hamilton :manuscript.
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- Title:
- Bills of sale for John and Nancy, two enslaved children, sold by Maria Cohen, Levi Sheftall D'Lyon and James Hamilton :manuscript.
- Date:
- November 1, 1836
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- Description:
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Consists of two bills of sale for John and Nancy, the enslaved "children of Eve", aged 6 and 8, respectively. John and Nancy were first sold by Maria Cohen, a "free black woman" and enslaver of Eve to Levi Sheftall D'Lyon, a judge in Savannah, Georgia, for "five hundred dollars" on November 1, 1836. The bill of sale was marked by Maria Cohen and witnessed by Joseph Felt. The second bill of sale details D'Lyon's sale of Nancy and John to General James Hamilton for "five hundred dollars" (page 3). Signed by D'Lyon. A note in pencil at bottom of page reads: Jim Martin, the slave of U.S. pensioner W. Martin of Augusta, advanced the above purchasing of Nancy & John that he might own them being their father and had the tith made in Genl. Hamiltons name as his friend. Jim always held this tith deed. 29 Jany.,1863 made a copy for Nancy. Pencil note signed by R. Campbell.
Title on page 4 reads: Maria Cohen, free B woman, to Levi S. D'Lyon, bill of sale of slaves Nancy and John, consideration $500.
Formerly known as: Bill of sale for two slaves: James Ross's document notarized by Maria Cohen; free black woman sells Eve's children; sale of two slaves for $500 to Levi S. D'tyon - slaves: Nancy, age 8, and John, age 6.
- Subject:
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- Bills of sale--Specimens
- African American slaveholders--Georgia--Savannah
- Women slaveholders--Georgia--Savannah
- Slaves--Georgia--Savannah
- Slave trade--Georgia--Savannah
- Child slaves--Georgia--Savannah
- Enslaved people
- Bills of sale
- Child slaves
- Slave trade
- Slaves
- Martin, Jim, --active 1836?
- Martin, John, --1829 or 1830-
- Martin, Nancy, --1827 or 1828-
- Georgia--Savannah
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- Publisher:
- Savannah, Georgia, 1836-1863.
- Language:
- English
- Digital Collection:
- American Slavery Documents
- Catalog Record:
- https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE009755838
- Source Collection:
- American slavery documents collection, 1757-1878 and undated
- Series:
- Slavery Series
- Rights:
- Free Re-UsePublic Domain
- Identifier:
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- 0493bcfa12fd556fbe4c388d120eaefd
- 009755838
- americanslaverydocs
- duke:324217
- asdsi001079
- ark:/87924/r4k64b871
- 4088d302-431d-42ed-ab2c-62aa91501d39
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