Bill of sale for Arthur, an enslaved man, sold by S. Cohen to H.L. Muse, 1864 February 17 :manuscript.
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- Title:
- Bill of sale for Arthur, an enslaved man, sold by S. Cohen to H.L. Muse, 1864 February 17 :manuscript.
- Date:
- February 17, 1864
- Creator:
- Cohen, S.(Trader of enslaved persons), seller, enslaver
- Contributor:
- Description:
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Bill of sale for Arthur, a "negro slave," sold for "fifty five hundred dollars" by S. Cohen through Hill Dickinson & Co. to H.L. Muse in "Richmond, Va." on February 17, 1864.
Signed by: Hill Dickinson & Co. agent J. Winton for S. Cohen.
Title devised by cataloger.
Bill of sale is printed with some components, including all names and purchase price of Arthur filled out in brown ink. Bill was "printed and sold by C.H. Wynne". Date is partially printed ("185") but the "5" is replaced in ink by "64" to read "1864".
Formerly known as: Bill of sale for one slave man: Arthur, $5500, from S. Cohen to Mr. Muse, Richmond, Va.
Title on verso: Bill sale.
- Location:
- Subject:
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- Auctions--Virginia--Richmond
- Slavery--Virginia--Richmond
- Slave traders--Virginia
- Slave trade--Virginia--Richmond
- Slaveholders--United States
- Slave bills of sale--Specimens
- Enslaved Persons
- Enslaved people
- Auctions
- Slave bills of sale
- Slave trade
- Slave traders
- Slaveholders
- Slavery
- Arthur--(Enslaved person), --active 19th century
- Cohen, S.--(Trader of enslaved persons)
- Richmond (Va.)--History.
- United States.
- Virginia.
- Virginia--Richmond.
- Format:
- Publisher:
- Richmond, Virginia, 1864 February 17.
- Language:
- English
- Digital Collection:
- American Slavery Documents
- Catalog Record:
- https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE009663355
- Source Collection:
- American slavery documents collection, 1757-1878 and undated
- Series:
- Slavery Series
- Rights:
- Free Re-UseNo Copyright - United States
- Identifier:
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- abbfb82a36f0dc9d108a8860ad64ac8b
- 009663355
- americanslaverydocs
- duke:324301
- asdsi002063
- ark:/87924/r4hx1668f
- 50ff0637-9c00-403f-8961-a9477f72acf8
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