- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Created by
- Boston, H. B.
- Signed by
- Bridgeman, Martin, American
- Date
- December 23, 1835; modified 1851
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 1/2 x 7 in. (26.7 x 17.8 cm)
- Description
- An official copy receipt bill of sale for transferred ownership of "one Negro girl named Polly aged about sixteen years, yellow complexion and black eyes," from Martin Bridgeman to William H. Mood, both of Jackson County, Territory of Arkansas, for the sum of $600. The document is a single sheet, with handwritten black ink on both sides. It is dated December 23, 1835, and signed by Martin Bridgeman and witnessed by Thomas R. Paul and John Hall on the recto. On the verso is a note by the County Clerk of Montgomery County, Texas on recording sworn witness statements and signatures by Thomas R. Paul and John Hall, and entry into Montgomery County records, May 15, 1851. In the center of the verso is written [Martin Bridgman / Bill of Sale / To Wm. H Mood / Negro Girl Polley / $600 Fee paid].
- Place made
- Jackson County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- Montgomery County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Type
- bills of sale
- Topic
- American West
- Children
- Domestic slave trade
- Fancy Girl trade
- Finance
- Slavery
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Candace Greene
- Object number
- 2009.47.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




