Abraham Augur receipt

New Haven; Receipt for £25 to enslaver Joshua Chandler for his purchase of enslaved Black girl "[Peg], supposed to be about nine years old." [Peg] was sold by the state of Connecticut for forfeit of the debt of Stephen [Wit]. Receipt is signed by Abraham Augur.

Dates: 1777 June 13   |   Extent: 1 page Document signed 18 x 20 cm
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Joseph Osgood letter

Salem, [Massachusetts]: Bill to Nathaniel Appleton for medical services to a Black woman.

Dates: 1778 June   |   Extent: 2 page : Autograph document signed ; 9 x 14.5 cm
Archives: Chicago History Museum

Robert W. Smith receipt for enslaved woman, Barbara

Mobile. Receipt for seven hundred and seventy-five dollars paid by N. Robinson for enslaved woman named Barbara; the woman was "guaranteed sound and sensible and a slave for life."

Dates: 1855 April 2   |   Extent: 3 pages : Autograph letter signed ; 25 x 20.5 cm
Archives: Chicago History Museum

Samuel Hall receipt to Amos Botsford for enslaved woman, Prudence, manuscript

Wallingford. Receipt to Amos Botsford for sale of enslaved woman named Prudence, cost £50. Witnessed by Joshua Chandler and Damaris Hall.

Dates: 1771 October 9   |   Extent: 1 page : Document signed ; 18 x 15.5 cm
Archives: Chicago History Museum