- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Written by
- Nachman, A., American
- Subject of
- Charles W. Seignious, American, 1810 - 1893
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Printed by
- Burke, A. J., American, born 1817
- Date
- March 7, 1854
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13 1/2 x 8 3/8 in. (34.3 x 21.3 cm)
- Description
- A printed bill of sale form completed with handwritten details. The one-sided single-sheet document begins with [The State of South Carolina] at the top left and details the sale of a woman and her three daughters from A. Nachman to C.W. Seignious for the sum of $1200. The description is written as [A Negro Woman named Sally - / and her three Children, viz. Sylvia - / Charlotte and Elizabeth, the children / all warranted sound, the woman, not / warranted sound --- / To Have and to Hold the said Slaves with their increase]. It is signed and dated March 7, 1854, Charleston, South Carolina. At the bottom left corner is printed [Printed by A.J. Burke, 40 Broad St.]. There are no marks or inscriptions on the reverse.
- Place made
- Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Type
- bills of sale
- Topic
- Children
- Domestic slave trade
- Families
- Finance
- Motherhood
- Slavery
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2012.158.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




