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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) COURT CASES REGARDING OWNER-
SHIP, HEALTH ETC.
John Cade vs Dabney A Stuart * Dabney Stuart vs John
Cade * Allen O’Neal vs John Cade * Johnson vs Lane * Burk vs Brown &
Brown.
Total 52 pages of manuscript, folio; condition overall very good.
SHOULD BE SEEN
.
Mississippi, and Tennessee, 1830’s to 1850’s
[1,000/1,500]
A group of manuscript reports of cases involving disputes over slaves, their health when sold, etc.
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—ALABAMA.)
A List of the Property
Belonging to Jonathan Yongue.
Folio leaf, folded to form four pages, written on all
four sides; paper evenly toned, some smudging of ink contemporary with the writing of
the list.
Wilcox County, ALA, 1843
[800/1,200]
A list of the property and assets of Mr Jonathan Yongue, probably gotten up to prepare for auc-
tion, dispersal to the heirs or to satisfy debts. The list begins with the names and prices paid for
34 slaves, followed by cattle, wagons, and other equipment and finally household articles. A
good primary source for genealogical study. Jonathan Yongue (1793-1843) was apparently a
man of some means. He had a large family and was buried in the Yongue family cemetery.
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—ALABAMA.)
Manuscript estate appraisal
of Blake B. Jones, including 68 slaves.
3 pages, 4to; docketed.
Sumter County, AL, 22 December 1842
[400/600]
Interesting estate appraisal which opens with a listing of 68 slaves and is followed by a rela-
tively short list of other holdings (horses, mules, 112 cotton bales, furniture, etc.).
WITH
—
Manuscript bill of sale for the slave girl Nancy, about twelve years of age. One page,
small 4to; docketed. Orange County, NC, 17 December 1850.
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) STRICKLAND, S.
Negro Slavery, Described
by a Negro; Being the Narrative of Ashton Warner, a Native of St Vincents,
with an Appendix Containing the Testimony of Four Christian Ministers,
Recently Returned from the Colonies.
144 pages. 12mo, original smooth red muslin;
corners bumped, spine label faded; partially unopened; page from a small “pocket hymnal”
loosely laid in.
London: Samuel Maunder, 1831
[600/800]
ONE OF ONLY TWO OR THREE KNOWN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES BY A WEST
INDIAN SLAVE OR EX
-
SLAVE
.
OCLC LOCATES ONLY
5
COPIES
.
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—MARYLAND.)
Manuscript “pass” for
Harriet Lawson, a free Negro woman, to visit her husband, Caleb.
Single sheet of
paper 4
7
⁄
8
x 7
7
⁄
8
inches, worn at one corner with no noticeable loss of text; notes in pencil
on reverse with docket. (WGC)
Frederick County MD, 1832
[500/750]
Following the Nat Turner rebellion of 1831, Maryland instituted some of the most draconian
laws in the entire South regarding slaves and free blacks. The latter were not allowed to travel
freely, even locally without a pass. If they left the state to visit, free blacks were not allowed to
return etc. Harriet, who might have been able to freely visit her husband elsewhere, needed
something akin to a passport to do so here.
