(SLAVERY) Group of bills of sale for enslaved people in the

Sale 2663 - Lot 415

Price Realized: $ 1,875

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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

(SLAVERY.) Group of bills of sale for enslaved people in the deep south. 7 items, various sizes up to 10 x 8 inches; minor wear. Various places, 1811-1855

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Receipt for sale of "a Negro boy named Dave which Negro I warrant to be hail, healthy and sensible," by James Jones to W.L. Gary. Lowndes County, AL (future birthplace of the Black Panther Party), 7 March 1834.

Pledge to pay for "the hire of Negroes Jane & Lucinda for the present year" by G.W. Mastin to Isaac C. Jeffries. Quincy, FL (on the Georgia line), 10 October 1854.

Bill of sale for "a certain Negro boy Abram, slave for life, aged about forty six years," from Stephen Griffing to Jabish Griffing of Claiborne, MS. Tensas Parish, LA, 2 November 1853.

Receipt for "a Negro man named Henderson aged about 28 years, warranted sound & healthy in body & mind & a slave for life," from John James to Jabish Griffing. Natchez, MS, 21 February 1850.

Receipt for "board of 14 Negroes 6 days at 40 cts, expenses bringing to jail," paid by Jabish Griffing to sheriff M.O. Hopkins. Port Gibson, MS, 26 May 1844.

Bill of sale of "a certain woman slave named Louisa, aged about 29 years, which said woman I do hereby warrant a slave for life," from Rebecca Caulking to Jabish Griffing. Jefferson County, MS, 20 May 1857.

Pledge to pay "for the hire of Mariah & her three children for the year 1865. We also promise to furnish said negroes with two suits of Summer, and one suit of Winter clothes . . . and not to be worked or employed on any Rail Road, nor the Warrior Valley, nor River," to be delivered back to the owner on Christmas day of 1865, by John Spencer to the estate of James Lewis. Tuscaloosa, AL, 22 December 1864.