Slave trade -- Tennessee.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
John F. Pate Receipts
Collection
Identifier: MS-0486
Abstract
This collection contains three handwritten receipts for John F. Pate's purchase of enslaved persons as well as two other handwritten receipts.
Dates:
1849-1894
Madison County (Tenn.) Chancery Court Proceedings
Collection
Identifier: MS-0686
Abstract
This collection consists of a single volume documenting the case of Robert W. Chester vs. Robert W. Crockett and William Groom, which was heard before the Madison County Chancery Court on January 15, 1851. This case had to do with money that Crockett (who was co-executor of Terrill L. Camp's estate with William Groom) was supposedly illegally withholding from Chester without Groom's knowledge. The ledger includes transcriptions of Chester's original complaint, Crockett's answer, exhibits for...
Dates:
1851 January 15
Matthew Barrow Slave Bill of Sale
Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MS-3677
Abstract
This collection consists of a printed slave-sale form, describing the transfer of Jerry, an enslaved man owned by Matthew Barrow, to William Donalson for $355.
Dates:
1824