- Collection:
- Agreement Between Angus McQueen and Ellen, 1864-1865
- Title:
- Bill of Sale
- Creator:
- Ellen
McQueen, Angus, 1822-1889 - Date of Original:
- 1864-05-09
- Subject:
- Slave bills of sale
Slavery
Slaveholders--Georgia
Indentures--Georgia
Slavery--Georgia--History
Enslaved persons--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Montgomery County, 32.17336, -82.53482 - Medium:
- bills of sale
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_4146_harg4146-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/do:guan_4146_harg4146-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Agreement between Angus McQueen and Ellen, ms 4146, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
[001]
$3700 00/100 Savannah May 9th 1864 Received from Jackson J Hodges Thirty Seven Hundred Dollars, being in full for the purchase of two Negro Slaves named Ellen aged about twenty years Caroline aged about three years
The right and title of said slave warrant and defend against the claims of all persons whomsoever, and likewise warrant them sound and healthy except Ellen has a burn
As Witness our hand and Seal. L.S. Henry Meinhard Samuel Houser
[002]
Georgia Montgomery, County This indenture made the Fourteenth day of August 1865 Between Augus McQueen of the one part & Ellen former slave of the said Angus McQueen but now freed women of the other part all of said state & County Witnesseth that the said Angus McQueen obligates promises & agrees to feed cloth & give medical attention to said freed Women also to do the same for all the non workers & infirm & helpless now living with him until the 25th day of December next provided they [illegible] the plantation & work as they usually have done heretofore but in case she leaves and remains away then this obligation to cease so far as she is concerned
And the said freed women of the other part obligates promises & agrees that she will remain on the plantation of the said Angus McQueen until the expiration of the time specified & that she will continue to work as the has done six days in every week & that she will obey all order from the said Angus McQueen that she will be respectful
[003]
submissive & obedient to the said Angus McQueen and not leave the premises without first obtaining a special permit from the said Angus McQueen, I am to work to support myself & child non worker which the said Angus McQueen is to feed clothe & defray all medical treatment as a just compensation for the Labor performed by me on the plantation of the said Angus McQueen until the 25 day of December next (1865). Now should the said Angus McQueen and the freed women aforesaid do and perform & execute their parts of this contract then this obligation to be void otherwise of force
Signia valid and Executia in presence of R.B. McMillan A M Caskill J N. Calkann
Angus McQueen
Ellen her x mark