Slavery -- United States
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Barclay Shipping Ledger
The Barclay Shipping Ledger from Norfolk, Virginia, covers shipments going through Virginia from 1847-1878. The ledger includes records of auctioneers of enslaved persons.
Bigler-Sessler-John Family Papers,
The collection contains correspondence, legal documents, and accounting receipts and records relating to the Bigler, Sessler, and John families of southwest Virginia.
Joseph Coats, Jr., Reward Announcement,
The collection consists of a handwritten announcement regarding an enslaved person that ran away from the Cuckooville neighborhood of Louisa County, Virginia. Dated August 3, 1840, this letter describes in detail -- including physical characteristics and temperament -- the escaped 18-year-old named Sam. The author of this document, Joseph Coats Jr., presumably Sam's enslaver, offers a ten dollar reward for his capture.
Robert Crockett Property Assessment
This collection contains a document listing the enslaved persons and land held by Robert Crockett of Wythe County, Virginia.
Thomas Dickerson Ledger
This ledger includes notes and business transactions of the plantation owner Thomas Dickerson (also Dickenson and Dickinson), of Nottoway County, Virginia. The plantations grew tobacco, wheat, and corn. Entries include sale of these goods, purchase of others, purchase of medical services for enslaved persons, and cash loans.
Robert Edmiston Inventory
The collection contains a document assessing the value of enslaved persons and lands held by Robert Edmiston, of Washington County, Virginia.
Jeremiah W. Graves Collection,
Jeremiah White Graves Diary
Jeremiah White Graves was a farmer in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The collection consists of a microfilm copy of Graves' extensive diary and a typescript manuscript of selected transcribed passages from that diary.
John Todd to John Brown in Augusta, concerning a runaway wench Todd now wants to sell to Col. [William] Preston.
Robert Lively Note to Walter Herron
This note from Robert Lively to Walter Herron of Norfolk, Virginia, discusses payment to Herron for four unnamed, enslaved children, and collection of the children by a Mr. Armistead.