Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Conditions for Access
- Conditions Governing Use
- Preferred Citation
- Custodial History
- Processing Information
- Scope and Content
- Other Descriptive Data
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
A.S. Claiborne bill of sale for 44 enslaved people
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- A.S. Claiborne bill of sale for 44 enslaved people
- Dates
- 1836 January 12
- Identifier
- 1944.0026
- Creator
- Claiborne, A.S
- Size
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1 page :
Document signed ;32 x 19.5 cm
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions for Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright may be retained by the creators of items, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law, unless otherwise noted.
Preferred Citation
Please cite this collection as A.S. Claiborne bill of sale for 44 enslaved people (Chicago History Museum) plus a detailed description, date, and box/folder number of a specific item.
Custodial History
Gift from Albert A. Sprague, 1944.
Processing Information
IMLS Small Manuscripts, 2018/10/02 Emma Florio, GN. IMLS small manuscripts grant project for retroconversion of small manuscript collections (Alpha1 and Alpha2) in Archives and Manuscripts card catalog.
Scope and Content
Bill of sale; receipt for $40,000 for purchase of 44 enslaved Black people named and aged as follows.. warrant said people were to be "slaves for life and free from all blemish."
Other Descriptive Data
The A.S. Claiborne bill of sale for 44 enslaved people is part of Chicago History Museum's alphabetically arranged Small Manuscripts collections.