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Women slaves--United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Bill of sale for Phillis, Lizzy, Jenny, Laura, Esther, and Leah, enslaved women and girls, 22 February 1833

Collection Identifier: A/P872
Overview:

Bill of sale documenting the sale of six enslaved African American women and children in South Carolina in 1833.

Bill of sale for Mary, an enslaved woman, October 1838

Collection Identifier: A/K365
Overview:

Bill of sale transferring ownership of Mary, a 17-year-old enslaved "Negro" woman, from Press G. Kennett to Reuben Mullens and Thomas Hauser in Pendleton County, Kentucky, in 1838.

May Laidley Letter, 16 March 1865?

Collection Identifier: A/L184
Overview:

Letter from May Laidley of New Richmond, Ohio, to Mrs. G. W. Summers of Kanawah County, West Virginia, describing Laidley's visits with an unnamed African American woman who is an acquaintance of the Summers family and may have been enslaved by them.

Manumission document for Jane, an enslaved girl, 5 January 1822

Collection Identifier: A/W7465
Overview:

Manumission document for Jane, an enslaved nine-year-old girl.

Contract to hire Peggy, an enslaved woman, 1856-1858

Collection Identifier: A/W3425
Overview:

Contract binding Thomas G. Watson and Thomas Watson to pay $30 to W.W. Forbes for the hire of a "Negro woman" Peggy for the year 1856.

Bill of sale for Thankfull, an enslaved woman, 1803 April 27

Collection Identifier: A/Y67
Overview:

Bill of sale transferring ownership of Thankfull, an enslaved woman, from John Youle to Daniel Tooker, for $200, in 1803.