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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04294 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1849 |
| Title | Deed of sale for two slaves |
| Date | 28 June 1849 |
| Author | Payne, Ann (fl. 1849) |
| Additional authors | Carbery, Lewis (fl. 1849); Smith, Jonathan A. (f. 1849) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Possibly a copy written in the hand of Lewis Carbery. Deed of sale for slaves Eliza Jones and her son Sam Jones for $170 to William Fowler. Eliza, age twenty-nine, and son Sam, sixteen months, were sold on condition that Eliza be freed on Ann Payne's death and that Sam be freed at the age of 28. Signed by Payne with her mark. Second page is Lewis Carbery's autograph endorsement signed, attesting to the sale as justice of the peace. Docket signed by Jonathan A. Smith. |
| Subjects | Slave Life Estate Emancipation Woman Author Women's History Contract Slave Sale Slavery African American History Contract Children and Family Manumission |
| People | Payne, Ann (fl. 1849) Carbery, Lewis (fl. 1849) Smith, Jonathan A. (fl. 1849) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Women in American History; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |