Document listing sales of enslaved persons, farm equipment and acreage
- Created by
- Morrison, Alfred Williams, American, 1802 - 1883
- Subject of
- Morrison, Samuel M., American, born 1838
- Date
- ca. 1860
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Museum MapsObjects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- L x W: 10 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (27.3 x 22.2 cm)
- Description
- A single sheet document listing sales of enslaved persons, farm equipment and acreage to various buyers from the papers of Alfred Williams Morrison. The information is presented in three columns with the buyers at left, a description of property (including names of enslaved persons) at center, and the price at right. The list of buyers includes S.M. Morrison (son of A. W. Morrison), J. L. Hughes, W.G. Boon, McGraw, and Jas. Richardson among others. The list of enslaved persons is "Boy Dick, Queen, George, Wash, Henry, and (illegible)." Also listed is "1 Yoke Cattle" and several parcels of land. The sales are listed in ink and there are various figures and equations written in graphite on the lower half of the document. There are no marks or inscriptions on the verso.
- Place used
- Howard County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
- Type
- bills of sale
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ann Miller Schillinger
- Object number
- 2011.106.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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