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Slavery

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Financial document listing hire of enslaved people including a woman and three children, 1842

 File — Box 2, Folder: 111
Dates: Other: 1842
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection is a result of integrating 10 smaller artificial collections into one larger artificial collection to improve organization and facilitate greater access. It chronicles the history of Texas, from the Spanish Colonial Era through the turn of the 20th century. The material has been arranged chronologically into eight series based on eras of Texas History: Spanish Colonial, Mexican Colonial, 1836, Republic, Mexican War, Early Statehood, Civil War, Reconstruction and Westward...

Judgment by A. M. Davis instructing A. L. Garner to proceed with sales and hire of enslaved men, women, and children including: Beck and her child, Wilson, Caroline or Emeline, Lewis, and Baker., 1843

 File — Box 3, Folder: 207
Dates: Other: 1843
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection is a result of integrating 10 smaller artificial collections into one larger artificial collection to improve organization and facilitate greater access. It chronicles the history of Texas, from the Spanish Colonial Era through the turn of the 20th century. The material has been arranged chronologically into eight series based on eras of Texas History: Spanish Colonial, Mexican Colonial, 1836, Republic, Mexican War, Early Statehood, Civil War, Reconstruction and Westward...

Mississippi Territory, Baldwin County, Washington District (3 items), 1810-1814

 File — Box 6, Folder: 23
Dates: 1810-1814
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Documents in this series are arranged by state or territory.

Petition by enslaver David M. Matthews for trial to claim enslaved individuals Dorcas, Charlotte, Francis, Henry, and Walter as his property and not that of enslaver John S. Rhea., April 16, 1847

 File — Box 5, Folder: 83
Dates: Other: April 16, 1847
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection is a result of integrating 10 smaller artificial collections into one larger artificial collection to improve organization and facilitate greater access. It chronicles the history of Texas, from the Spanish Colonial Era through the turn of the 20th century. The material has been arranged chronologically into eight series based on eras of Texas History: Spanish Colonial, Mexican Colonial, 1836, Republic, Mexican War, Early Statehood, Civil War, Reconstruction and Westward...

Printed circular which documents the formation of two committees in Guadalupe County to respond to instances of enslaved people escaping their enslavers to reach emancipation in Mexico., August 26, 1854

 File — Box 3, Folder: 257
Dates: Other: August 26, 1854
Scope and Contents

This printed circular documents a public meeting held in Guadalupe County to respond to instances of enslaved people escaping their enslavers in order to reach emancipation in nearby Mexico. The creators of the document suspected Mexicans of lesser means of involvement in the escapes. Two committees were appointed, one to serve as a police body in the county and the other to investigate those who might have supported the enslaved people with arms, ammunition, or provisions.

Property agreement between Nestor Clay and James B. Miller including enslaved people and land. Enslaved individuals listed are Sam, Jason, Jo, Jim, Ned, and [Litia?]., 1837

 File — Box 1, Folder: 71
Dates: Other: 1837
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection is a result of integrating 10 smaller artificial collections into one larger artificial collection to improve organization and facilitate greater access. It chronicles the history of Texas, from the Spanish Colonial Era through the turn of the 20th century. The material has been arranged chronologically into eight series based on eras of Texas History: Spanish Colonial, Mexican Colonial, 1836, Republic, Mexican War, Early Statehood, Civil War, Reconstruction and Westward...

Shearn, Ann Mariah, Two separate receipts, the first a bill of sale for an enslaved woman, Rachell, and the second documenting that the Shearns have paid taxes on all of the lots of land they own, 1866

 File — Box 4, Folder: 100
Dates: Other: 1866
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection is a result of integrating 10 smaller artificial collections into one larger artificial collection to improve organization and facilitate greater access. It chronicles the history of Texas, from the Spanish Colonial Era through the turn of the 20th century. The material has been arranged chronologically into eight series based on eras of Texas History: Spanish Colonial, Mexican Colonial, 1836, Republic, Mexican War, Early Statehood, Civil War, Reconstruction and Westward...

Slavery-related Documents

 Series
Dates: 1657-1975
Scope and Contents

Documents in this series are arranged by state or territory.

William Edgerton to Dorothy Edgerton, [TN], December 21, 1863

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 62
Dates: December 21, 1863
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The William W. Edgerton collection is composed of personal correspondence between Civil War private William Wilberforce Edgerton of the 107th New York Volunteers and his immediate family. Most of the letters are between William W. Edgerton and his mother, Dorothy Doud Edgerton. Additional correspondents include his brother, John Howard Edgerton, and his sisters, Martha Newton and Augusta Tenney. The correspondence is arranged chronologically. Following it are some battle diaries...