- Collection:
- Telamon Cuyler Historical Manuscripts, 1609-1942
- Title:
- Georgia. Slavery. bills of sale, returns, lists, orders, letters
- Date of Original:
- 1749/1832
- Subject:
- Slavery--Georgia--History
Slavery--United States
Enslaved persons--Georgia
Slave bills of sale--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434 - Medium:
- judicial records
legal documents - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Affidavit [of] George Spann, Jefferson County, Georgia / sworn to before Horatio Marbury. Includes legal document related to Horatio Marbury apprehending "a negro by the name of Bob" (1800); letter to Georgia Governor David B. Mitchell concerning the escape of African slaves into Indian territory in East Florida (1816); Benjamin Martyn to the President of the Georgia Trustees to petition act for prohibiting the imporation and use of Black slaves or negroes (1749); taxation on importing slaves into Chatham County; Council minutes regarding French frigates with 7-800 "brigand negroes" from Gaudeloupe declined landing at the port (1802); permission granted to Francis Richard to land on Cumberland Island from East Florida with 37 negroes until safe to return (1812); list of Africans held by the State (1824); letter to furnish provisions for 39 Africans at the penitentiary (1825); 40 Africans delivered to William Bowen (1826); bill of sale for enslaved man named Brutus (age 33) from F. M. Stone to John B. Hopper (1830); Sheriff sale (Columbia Co.) for two enslaved people Abram and Nace (1830); bills of sale for Joe (age 35), Joshua (age 30), Tom (age 32), Alphonse (age 22), George (age 30), Shadrack (age 29) to Gov. George Gilmer for use of the state; and bill of sale for enslaved man named Ben (age 22) to Wilson Lumpkin.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_1170_071-011
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_1170_071-011#
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_1170_071-011/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Box 71, Folder 11, Telamon Cuyler collection, ms 1170, series 1. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries
- Extent:
- 67 pages
- Original Collection:
- Box 71, Folder 11, Telamon Cuyler collection, ms 1170, series 1. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
