Summary of sales of 43 enslaved persons, Halifax, Virginia :manuscript.

Item Info

Title:
Summary of sales of 43 enslaved persons, Halifax, Virginia :manuscript.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Hughes, Woodson, 1809-1860, author
Description:

  • List of 17 enslavers, the 43 named enslaved persons they purchased, and sale prices, with a running tally totaling $32,294. Enslavers are: Joshua Chaney, Thomas E. Barksdale, Rufas Stamps, Charles H. Hooper, William H. Rice, Sterling E. Edmunds, William S. Roddin, Robert Moore, William L. Oliver, James W. James, William T. Connerly, John R. Edmunds, William Pruit, Joseph E. Farmer, John Cunningham, Sarah Ann Cabaniss, Wooden Hughes. The enslaved are: Old Man Charles, Robin, Henry, Tom, Guy, Doctor, Gabriel, Squire, Agness, Patrick, Abram, Peggy, George, Elizabeth, Harriet & Ely, Chloe, Clay, Sena, Joe, Monroe, Granville, Mary, Dick, Frank, Rhitta, Lewis, Becca, Lila, Julia Ann, Munford, John, Chesley, Dilsy, Grano, Allen, Letty, Leanna & children, Florida, Sarah Ann, William, Jim, Mary Frances.

  • Title on verso of sheet two reads: Negro sales.

  • Former title: Amounts acquired from sales of slaves.

  • Title devised by cataloger.

  • Written in brown ink with annotations in pencil.

Subject:
Format:
Publisher:
Halifax, Virginia?, between 1850 and 1860.
Language:
English
Digital Collection:
American Slavery Documents
Source Collection:
American slavery documents collection, 1757-1878 and undated
Series:
Slavery Series
Rights:
Copyright Undetermined
Related Resources:
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Identifier:
  • 010146548
  • f3d2d2661c26298570bdac0661214921
  • americanslaverydocs
  • duke:324333
  • asdsi002095
  • ark:/87924/r4cf9jp3d
  • 2e591fcb-df45-469b-aee3-91a8a0112cfb
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