Virginia Slavery Documents 1816 & 1861
Accession number: 11147

Physical Characteristics: 2 items
Abstract: The collection contains a slave bill of sale from 1816 December 26 for a girl named Harriet, and a letter, 1861 Deptember 20, on behalf of Capt. J.W. Taylor, requesting advice on a slavewho has made threats.

Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va

For sale. : By virtue of a decree of the County Court of Madison, in the case of Smith &c. vs. Smith &c., as Commissioner, I will on the 25th day of February, 1852, at the residence of Zechariah S. Smith ... sell at public auction ... 12 likely Negroes ... / A.R. Blakey, Commissioner. ...

Publication info: [Madison County, Va. :bs.n., 1852] Slipcase has supplied title: Notice of sale of twelve Negroes, 25 February 1852, Madison County, Virginia. Paul Mellon bequest, May 12, 2000.

Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va

Three hundred dollars reward : broke out of jail in Leesburg, on Monday morning, the 10th of June, three Negro men, named Bob, Charles, and Alfred ... : direct to either of the subscribers, at Middleburg Post Office, Loudoun County, Va., William K. Ish, Joseph L. Hawling / Ish, William K.  (1839)

Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va

$50.00 reward. : Ran away from the subscriber, on the 6th inst., negro man Albert, aged about 40 years, black, and about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high. ... : It is believed he will make towards Washington city as he was taken from there once before / Jordan, Eastham.  (1861) 

Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va