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Barclay Shipping Ledger 0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box

Barclay family (Virginia)
The Barclay Shipping Ledger from Norfolk, Virginia, covers shipments going through Virginia from 1847-1878. The ledger includes records of auctioneers of enslaved persons.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

E. H. Simmons Receipts 5 Item

Simmons, E. H.

This collection consists of receipts pertaining to the purchase of slaves. $87.50 paid for a slave named Charity (June 18, 1847); $600.00 paid for 16-yr. old Agnes (March 1, 1850); $500.00 paid for 13-yr. old Alfred (June 8, 1850); $700.00 paid for 17-yr. old Billy (April 29, 1852); and $890.00 paid for 19-yr. old Caroline (August 7, 1852).

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Slaveship "Elizabeth" Records 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

The Slaveship "Elizabeth" Records contain six manuscript pages concerning the trafficking of 324 guinea enslaved persons to M. de Fleurian by Captain Audebert of the Navire l'Elizabet de la Rochelle in St. Dominique in 1750. The pages also concern the sale of indigo and unrefined sugar. They are written in French and cover the period 7 April to 5 June 1750.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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