- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Written by
- Hunberg, Muscoe G.
- Received by
- Rouzee, John, American, born 1776
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Owned by
- Rouzee Family, American
- Date
- September 26, 1805
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 6 3/4 x 8 in. (17.1 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
- A bill of sale for "a negroe woman called Charlotte with her child, also a negroe girl called Kate." Charlotte and Kate were sold by Muscore G. Hunbery to John Rouzee for one hundred and eighty five (185) pounds. The document is signed by Hunbery at the bottom right. The document is dated September 26, 1805. The one-sided, square document is handwritten in brown ink. The paper is torn unevenly on both sides and at the bottom. It has been folded vertically once and horizontally three times.
- 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
- bills of sale
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Domestic slave trade
- Families
- Finance
- Motherhood
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2011.104.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.