ENAbout
Selection of North American enslavement documents from late 18th and 19th centuries from the Chicago History Museum's Archives and Manuscripts collections.
Works
Deed of sale for enslaved girl, Jemima, 1773 July 24
2 pages: 0% complete (100% transcribed, 100% needs review)
Deed of sale for enslaved girl, Sylvia, 1764 June 16
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Deed signed by Thomas McReynolds, 1839 August 26
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Description of the enlistment of a military personnel, circa 1820
Collaboration is restricted.
2 pages: 0% complete (0% transcribed)
Description of the enlistment of Robert Douglas, March 1820
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2 pages: 0% complete (0% transcribed)
Description of two deserted military personnel, 1819-1820
2 pages: 0% complete (50% transcribed, 50% needs review)
Descriptive list of deserters, September 1817
Collaboration is restricted.
2 pages: 0% complete (50% transcribed, 50% needs review)
Document regarding a mortgage, plantation, and enslavement of 112 people, 1859 March 30
Collaboration is restricted.
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Document regarding enslaved people in New Orleans, 1861 February 11
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2 pages: 0% complete (0% transcribed)
Document regarding the sale of an enslaved man, 1830 July 2
2 pages: 0% complete (100% transcribed, 100% needs review)