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Slavery -- Arkansas

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Hiring Bond for Jane, an Enslaved Girl

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2639
Content Description

Hiring bond for Jane, an enslaved girl, who was hired from G. W. Benton to J. J. Pratt in Union Springs, Arkansas.

Dates: 1861-1864

Lawrence County (Arkansas Territory) Sheriff Notice of Sale of Enslaved Persons

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1139
Scope and Content Note

Handwritten legal notice, signed by Charles Kelly, calling for a court-ordered sale of enslaved persons owned by James Rupell to take place at Batesville on October 27, 1824. Judgment in favor of the estate of Patrick McMannis, deceased. Enslaved persons in the sale were Moses, an approximately 40-year-old man, Lew, an approximately 40-year-old woman, and Mel, an approximately 22-year-old man.

Dates: 1824

Pleasant M. Osburn Bill of Sale

 Collection
Identifier: MC 677
Scope and Content Note

Contract by Pleasant M. Osburn for the sale of land and six enslaved people, four of whom were children, Patsy age 35, Lucy age 10, Margaret age 8, Erick age 7, Mourning age 25 and Ann age 8 to Wiley Neubury, Clark County, Arkansas, February 12, 1847

Dates: 1847