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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.

David Lambert deed of sale for enslaved girl, Jemima

Milford, Newhaven County. Deed of sale for an enslaved Black girl named Jemima sold to Amos Botsford. Attached seal. Signature: David Lambard. Text: Lambert.

Heman Swift slavery document

Document, from Cornwall, Litchfield County, to Daniel Rexford: Order for return of fugitive from slavery to Amos Bochford [i.e. Botsford] at New Haven. Rexford's bill for expenses added.

Jeremiah Huntington deed of sale for enslaved girl, Sylvia

Norwich, Connecticut. Deed of sale for enslaved Black girl, Sylvia, to Christopher Leffingwell, witnessed by Ebenezer Case and Joshua Prior, Jr.

John C. Ogden letter

Letter, from New Haven, to John Lawrence, Esq., Treasurer of the State of Connecticut, regarding payment of wages that is owed to him as the owner of the note of [enslaver of?] Juba Dyer, a soldier in the Connecticut Line, who was previously the servant of Colonel Dyer. [Juba, an enslaved man, was promised his freedom if he served in

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.

Sarah Sears deed of sale for enslaved Black girl

New Haven. Deed of sale to Amos Botsford for enslaved Black girl. Witnessed by Eliam Raymond and Benjamin Jarvis, attached seal.