List of bonds for the hire of enslaved persons given to Evan Brown to collect
- Owned by
- Rouzee Family, American
- Date
- 1794 - 1795
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 13 x 8 in. (33 x 20.3 cm)
- Caption
- This document is from a collection of financial papers related to the plantation operations of several generations of the Rouzee Family in Essex County, Virginia. The papers date from the 1790s through 1860.
- Description
- This document is titled at the top "A List of Bonds Given to Mr. Evan Brown to Collect or put in Suit" and consists of lists of names, dates, and monetary amounts owed for the hire of enslaved persons. The document is divided into three separate lists and is signed by Evan Brown and witnessed by Ralph Rouzee on both the front and the back. A single page document of black ink on paper. Two lists are written on the front and one on the back.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcription Available
- Place made
- Essex County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- Rouzee Family Papers
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Type
- financial records
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family
- Object number
- 2011.104.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.