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1. Bill of sale for Bett, an enslaved girl, from Lawrence Lancaster to Thomas Cook, 1757 March 18 :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Lancaster, Lawrence, seller, enslaver
Date:: March 18, 1757
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r47941947
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

2. Bill of sale for Leander, an enslaved person, from N.C. Trowbridge to E.H. Simmons, 1851 April 17 :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Trowbridge, N. C., 1815-1879, creator, seller
Date:: April 17, 1757
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4zs2kv8j
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

3. Draft bill of sale, 1787 :autograph manuscript.

Date:: April 1757 to November 1757
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r43j39h1k
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

4. Bill of sale for Bett, an enslaved girl, from Absalom Lancaster to Thomas Cook, 1761 May 15? :manuscript copy.

Creator:: Lancaster, Absalom, seller, enslaver
Date:: September 1, 1760
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4b27q68r
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

5. Bill of sale for Porter, an enslaved man, from Archibald Cunison to Thomas Cook, 1771 April 14 :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Cunison, Archibald, active 1771, seller, enslaver
Date:: April 17, 1771
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r46970d5g
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

6. Bill of sale for Feby, Jammie, and Jacob, enslaved persons, from Zachariah Flurry to James Brown and Ely Kershaw, 1779 February 11 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Flurry, Zachariah, enslaver, seller
Date:: February 11, 1779
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4dv1d430
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

7. Copy of a form bill of sale for enslaved persons bought by N.E. from Daniel Huger of Richfield Plantation on the Pee Dee River, 1779 :manuscript copy.

Date:: April 14, 1779
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4930pb0n
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

8. Bill of sale for Hal, an enslaved man, from William Merritt to Robert Long, 1780 March 1? :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Merritt, William(Of Chatham County, N.C.), enslaver, seller
Date:: March 1, 1780
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4hm5317w
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

9. Bill of sale for Catey, an enslaved woman, from Abijah Holbrook to Samuel Boykin, 1787 April 2 :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Holbrook, Abijah, seller, enslaver
Date:: April 2, 1787
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4cv4c747
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

10. Bill of sale for Jude, an enslaved woman, her son Jim, and Glasgow, an enslaved man, sold by Robert Ellison, Sheriff, on behalf of Colo. Brisbane, 1794 April 7 :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Ellison, Robert(Of Cheraw, S.C.), seller
Date:: April 7, 1794
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4833nf0d
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

11. Export and import form for two bales of blankets on the brig Noah's Ark, 1794 October 14 : autograph manuscript and printed text signed.

Creator:: Potter, Richard, active 1794; Shaw, Thomas, active 1794
Date:: October 14, 1794
Format:: documents (object genre)
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4m61c559
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

12. Bond between Guthridge Lyons and Robert Pasley, 1794 October 21 :autograph manuscript.

Creator:: Lyons, Guthridge, party
Date:: October 21, 1794
Format:: bonds (legal records)
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4qz22z9q
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

13. Export and import manuscript for fifty casks claret on the brigs Betsy and Holbrooke, 1794 December 3-4 : autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Vaughan, John, active 1794
Date:: December 3, 1794 to December 4, 1794
Format:: documents (object genre)
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4zg6gp70
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

14. Bill of sale for Dander, an enslaved boy, sold by William Plummer to Robert Jones, 1796 March 30 :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Plummer, William (Of Franklin County, N.C.), enslaver, seller
Date:: March 30, 1796
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4pz52300
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

15. Deed of manumission freeing Edmund, an enslaved child, Albemarle County, Virginia, 1796 April 5 :manuscript, signed.

Creator:: Jouett, Robert, 1756-1796, author
Date:: April 5, 1796
Format:: deeds; free papers
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4tq5rw4b
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

16. Deed of manumission freeing Eveline Lewis, an enslaved child, Albemarle County, Virginia, 1796 April 5 :manuscript copy signed.

Creator:: Jouett, Robert, 1756-1796, author
Date:: April 5, 1796
Format:: deeds; free papers
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4gm8247n
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

17. Certificate of registration for Neptune York, a free person of color, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1798 :autograph manuscript, signed.

Creator:: Chew, John, -1806, registrar
Date:: May 31, 1798
Format:: registrations (licenses)
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4bv7bb40
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

18. Bill of sale for Vilet, Cheney, and Gack, 3 enslaved persons, from Alexander Avera to William Avera, Cumberland County, North Carolina, 1799 August 30 :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Avera, Alexander, author, seller, enslaver
Date:: August 20, 1799
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4sq8r031
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

19. Deed of manumission freeing Cato the Elder and Cloe, Albemarle County, Virginia, 1801 March 9 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Wingfield, Charles, Jr., -1819, executor
Date:: April 6, 1800
Format:: deeds; free papers
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4xg9fs87
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

20. Financial statement on a bond held by Isaac Dubois, 1807 February 24 :autograph manuscript.

Date:: April 24, 1800
Format:: financial records
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4fn1177z
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

21. Deed of manumission freeing Frankey, an enslaved woman, Albemarle County, Virginia, 1801 June 25 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Carter, William Champe, 1772-author, enslaver
Date:: July 6, 1801
Format:: deeds; free papers
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4jd4q52k
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

22. Bill of sale for Betty, an enslaved woman, from John Kellshaw to Baltice Roller, 1802 January 22 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Kellshaw, John, 1740-enslaver, seller
Date:: January 22, 1802
Format:: indentures
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4wp9tp5r
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

23. Bill of sale for Mary and Eliza, an enslaved woman and child, by R. L. Champion to Henry Dana Ward, 1802 February 2 : autograph manuscript and printed text signed.

Creator:: Champion, R. L., active 1802, author
Date:: February 2, 1802
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r41834j41
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

24. Bill of sale for Jef, an enslaved child, from James Tarrant, 1805 March 5 :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Tarrant, James(Enslaver), enslaver, seller
Date:: March 5, 1805
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4wh2dw72
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

25. Bill of sale for two enslaved boys, from Tunno & Cox to W. James Macbeth, 1805 June 24 :manuscript.

Creator:: Tunno & Cox (Firm), enslaver, seller
Date:: June 24, 1805
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4hd7p81v
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

26. Two bills of sale for Elizabeth and Harriet, an enslaved woman and her daughter, and Delilah, a teenage girl, to George Legg, Baltimore, Maryland, 1805 October 11 :manuscript signed.

Date:: October 11, 1805
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4rx93v9d
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

27. Affidavit that Nancy Gardner was born with free status, 1806 November 30 :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Walker, John, 1744-1809, creator
Date:: November 20, 1806
Format:: notes; affadavits
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4n58d250
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

28. Account statement for Mrs. Brisbane, 1807-1809 : autograph manuscript.

Creator:: Brisbane Mrs, enslaver
Date:: 1807 to 1809
Format:: financial records
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r40863n2t
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

29. Deed of gift for 3 enslaved adults and 2 enslaved children, from John Hamilton to Patsy Brickell, 1808 December 27 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Hamilton, John, -1817, enslaver, grantor
Date:: December 27, 1808
Format:: deeds
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4416tf72
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

30. Bill of sale for Betty, an enslaved woman, from Baltice Roller, 1802 April 5 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Roller, Baltice, enslaver, seller
Date:: April 1809
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4vh5d077
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

31. Bill of sale for Abraham, an enslaved child, from Daniel J. Manire to John Kelly, 1809 May 6 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Manire, Daniel J.(Daniel Jackson), author, seller, enslaver
Date:: May 6, 1809
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4gb1xz8t
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

32. Bill of sale for Ann, an enslaved girl, sold by David Hensler and William Maxwell to Hardy Clemmond, 1810 June 4 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Hensler, David, enslaver, seller
Date:: June 4, 1810
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4z892x0v
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

33. Bill of sale for Nance, an enslaved woman, and her child Serena, from the estate of Alexander Worke to Samuel Guy, 1810 November 1:autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Stokes, Montfort, 1762-1842, author, seller
Date:: November 1, 1810
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4zw1980d
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

34. Bill of sale for Silvey, an enslaved girl, from William Guy to Samuel Guy, 1811 March 1:autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Guy, William(Enslaver), author, seller
Date:: March 1, 1811
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4th8c370
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

35. Certification that Thomas Pritchard is a free person, 1811 April 27 :manuscript and printed text.

Creator:: New York (State).Mayor's Court (New York), creator
Date:: April 27, 1811
Format:: affadavits
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4pv6bp5p
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

36. Certification that James De Hart is a free person, 1811 April 29 :manuscript and printed text.

Creator:: New York (State).Mayor's Court (New York), creator
Date:: April 29, 1811
Format:: affadavits
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r41c2577h
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

37. Certification that Scipio Welden is a free person, 1811 April 29 :manuscript and printed text.

Creator:: New York (State).Mayor's Court (New York), creator
Date:: April 29, 1811
Format:: affadavits
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4542w21w
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

38. Certification that William Anthony is a free person, 1811 April 29 :manuscript and printed text.

Creator:: New York (State).Mayor's Court (New York), creator
Date:: April 29, 1811
Format:: affadavits
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r48w3kv59
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

39. Bill of sale for Dave, an enslaved man, from Henry Smithwick to William Sutton, 1812 January 23 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Smithwick, Henry, author, seller, enslaver
Date:: January 23, 1812
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4v698t87
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

40. Bill of sale for Hannah, an enslaved woman, from William Brumfield to Richard Jones, 1812 November 18 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Brumfield, William(Resident of Pittsylvania County, Va.), author, seller, enslaver
Date:: November 18, 1812
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4k35mw2b
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

41. Bill of sale for The Hammock tract paid for with Fanny, an enslaved woman, and Harriet, an enslaved child, 1812 December 9 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Maybank, Andrew, 1768-1834, enslaver, grantor
Date:: December 9, 1812
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4fb4x280
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

42. Mary Hamlin's writing book : autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Hamlin, Mary, active 1810
Date:: 1812 to 1817
Format:: copybooks (instructional materials); ledgers (account books); business records
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r49k46847
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

43. Bill of sale for Henry, an enslaved child, from William Bennett to Richard Jones, 1813 August 26 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Bennett, William, Sr, author, seller, enslaver
Date:: August 6, 1813
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4kp7v71v
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

44. Certification that Henry Tafe is a free person, 1813 October 13 :manuscript and printed text.

Creator:: New York (State).Mayor's Court (New York), creator
Date:: October 13, 1813
Format:: affadavits
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4wm1fm1n
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

45. Bill of sale for Sue, an enslaved woman, from James Garvin to Tully Bolling, 1813 December 9 :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Garvin, James, active 1813, author, enslaver, seller
Date:: December 9, 1813
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r45t3gf90
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

46. Certification that Joshua Cornish is a free person, 1814 April 22 :manuscript and printed text.

Creator:: New York (State).Mayor's Court (New York), creator
Date:: April 22, 1814
Format:: affadavits
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4rv0qs9v
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

47. Certification that John Roberts is a free person, 1814 April 27 :manuscript and printed text.

Creator:: New York (State).Mayor's Court (New York), creator
Date:: April 27, 1814
Format:: affadavits
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4n58qc7q
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

48. Deed of manumission freeing Sue, an enslaved woman, and her daughter Margaret, Georgetown, South Carolina, 1815 October 6 :manuscript copy.

Creator:: Graham, Elizabeth, 1741-1815, author
Date:: September 27, 1815
Format:: deeds; free papers
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4222rn55
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

49. Bill of sale for Amy, an enslaved woman, and her child Sindy, from Joseph and Margaret Lawrence to Samuel Guy, 1817 May 12 :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Lawrence, Joseph L., author, seller, enslaver
Date:: May 12, 1817
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4fx74d8z
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

50. Bill of sale for Esther, an enslaved woman, from William Astin to Samuel Guy, 1818 February 18 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Astin, William(of Pittsylvania County, Va.), author, seller, enslaver
Date:: February 18, 1818
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4b56dm44
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

51. Bill of sale for Daniel, an enslaved boy, sold by Willie Allen to Robert Park, 1818 November 8 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Allen, Willie(Of Warren County, N.C.), enslaver, seller
Date:: November 8, 1818
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4dz03h7s
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

52. Amount of levy made on Adam Carruths property Oct. 4 1821 :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Crowder, A. W.(Asa Wright), -1842, author
Date:: October 4, 1821
Format:: registers (lists)
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r44t6fk0v
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

53. Affidavit confirming that Susan, Israel, and Rachel, the children of Moses and Marian Knight, were born with free status, 1822 January 14 :manuscript.

Date:: January 14, 1822
Format:: certificates; affidavits
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4hq3sf1x
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

54. Bill of sale for Bell, an enslaved man, sold by Kenneth Clarke to John Betham, 1822 June 1 :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Clarke, Kenneth(Of Moore County, N.C.), enslaver, seller
Date:: June 1, 1822
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r47m04g49
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

55. Bill of sale for Bedford, an enslaved boy, from Mark Weatherly to Martin Weatherly, Guilford County, North Carolina, 1822 October 17 :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Weatherly, Mark, author, seller
Date:: October 17, 1822
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r46m33k5j
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

56. Account of money owed by the late John Chestnut to John Cantey for the hire of enslaved persons, 1823 April 12 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Cantey, John, 1786-1854, author
Date:: April 12, 1823
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4gq6rj25
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

57. Bill of sale for Jenny, an enslaved woman, from Edmund Hoskins to Joseph Blount, North Carolina, 1823 April 29 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Hoskins, Edmund, 1774-1845, author, seller
Date:: April 29, 1823
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r45q4s28n
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

58. Bill of sale for four enslaved persons, Milly, Ann, Jack, and Mary, from James Huie and Josiah Huie to Samuel Guy, 1824 March 31 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Huie, James(Slave trader), author, seller, enslaver
Date:: March 31, 1824
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4ft8f145
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

59. Bill of sale for Tandy, an enslaved man, from Samuel C. Woods to Lee W. Harris, 1824 October 23 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Woods, Saml. C., enslaver, seller
Date:: October 23, 1824
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r44q7r59w
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

60. Bill of sale for Dave, an enslaved man, from A.J. Worke to Samuel Guy, 1824 November 9 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Worke, A. J.(Alexander Jefferson), author, seller, enslaver
Date:: November 1824
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4dv1d45z
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

61. Bill of sale for Beck, an enslaved girl, from A.J. Worke to Samuel Guy, 1824 November 15 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Worke, A. J.(Alexander Jefferson), author, seller, enslaver
Date:: November 15, 1824
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4cv4c75q
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

62. George C. Mendenhall letter to Martha Moore, 1825 June 14 :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Mendenhall, George C., -1860, correspondent
Date:: June 14, 1825
Format:: correspondence
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r43r0q896
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

63. Deed of trust between William Scott, Richard Wallace, and John Pilson with 4 enslaved persons, Ben, Phillis, Robert Wilson, and Jesse as collateral for a loan, 1827 June 1 :manuscript copy.

Date:: June 1, 1827
Format:: deeds; bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r42r3pc70
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

64. Bill of sale for Ben, an enslaved boy, sold by Henry Humphreys to William Ryan, 1827 December 22 :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Humphreys, Henry, 1787-1840, enslaver, seller
Date:: December 22, 1827
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r45h7c91h
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

65. Bill of sale for Jinny, Milton, and Carter, 3 enslaved persons, from Peter Winn to William Ryan, 1827 December 22 :autograph manuscript signed.

Creator:: Winn, Peter, -1839 or 1840, author, seller
Date:: December 22, 1827
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r43b5wq5x
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

66. Penal bond indenturing 2 boys, Richard and Benjamin, 1828 July 13:manuscript.

Date:: 1828
Format:: deeds
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4d21s119
Collection:: American Slavery Documents

67. Bill of sale for Tempy, an enslaved woman, from Alexander Hogan to Samuel Guy, 1828 February 9 :manuscript signed.

Creator:: Hogan, Alexander(of Randolph County, N.C.), author, seller, enslaver
Date:: February 9, 1828
Format:: bills of sale
Permalink:: https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4sb3xf18
Collection:: American Slavery Documents