(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) Group of 10 slavery documents from M

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Group of 10 slavery documents from Mississippi, mostly from Hinds County. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1848-64

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Receipt for "a negro boy named Dick aged about 20 years" sold by J.D. Shewalter to Caroline Hester. Jackson, MS, 15 January 1848 Inventory of the estate of Edward Engelhard, including 9 named slaves. Hinds County, MS, 7 June 1848 Inventory of the estate of William C. Demoss including "negro slaves Bedney & Minney, Charey & 2 children." Hinds County, MS, 14 December 1848 Court file for a legal case involving "a negro man named Richard" who was leased by his owner Mary Skipwith to the Southern Rail Road Company and then fell ill; 9 pages, stitched. Hinds County, MS, 16 April 1860 Inventory of the estate of William B. Mower including "1 old negro woman Eliza." Hinds County, MS, 14 July 1860 Legal complaint by Dukelet Askew against George Ashford for failure to pay for the loan of two slaves Cary and John. Hinds County, MS, 30 April 1861 Group of 3 documents re a suit against Theodore D. Paddleford who had unlawfully detained 14 slaves (each named with their ages and relationships) from the estate of Thomas W. Heard. Hinds County, MS, 1863 "List of the negroes belonging to the estate of Susan T. Young that went to the Yankees." Lists 15 named slaves, some with family relationships; appended with a note on three who did not immediately liberate themselves: "Sam went after a while, George also, Frederick remained south." Np, 15 March 1864. with--another document from Alabama: criminal indictment of "Godfrey a slave belonging to Mrs. Margaret Stewart, unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed Lawrence Gomez, a free person of color by striking or cutting him with a hatchet." Mobile, June 1857.