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Valuable Slaves
This is an advertisement for the sale of enslaved people by Ellen Weakley, widow of James Weakley, in 1858.
Harvey, 32
Alexk, 25
Sandy, 36
Martha, 19
Jim, 19
Paralee, 16
Narcissa, 13
Lotty, 52
Robert, 16
Bill, 21
Isaac, 14
Charles,…
Punishment for gatherings of slaves
This is a newspaper article from 1890 that is recounting a law passed in the city of Florence in 1827. The law stipulated that three or more slaves gathered together was an unlawful assembly, punishable by whipping. The law also punished masters who…
"Negroes to Hire for 1862"
This is a newspaper advertisement for the hiring of enslaved people who belonged to Josephine Roger:
Zau,
Dick,
Isbel,
Rob,
Goso,
Pink,
Josephine.
All were reported to be "good field hands, except Isbel, who is too old for outdoor work."
"Guardian's Sale of Slaves!"
This is a newspaper advertisement for the sale of two female enslaved persons--Jane, 45 and Emeline, 20--and three male enslaved persons--Joseph, 16, James, 14, Christopher, 9. They were offered for sale by the heirs of W.G. Burton at Ingram's…
"Executor's Sale"
This is a newspaper advertisement for an executor's sale of property owned by Dr. John Young, including an enslaved man named Sanford, age 45.
"Negroes Owned Slaves."
A synthesis of information on free black slave-owners from Prof. Carter G. Woodson's (1875-1950) 1925 book *Free Negro Heads of Families in the United States in 1830, Together with a Brief Treatment of the Free Negro.* Woodson, an African-American…
Abstract of the Statistics and Census of the Subdivision of Lauderdale County, 1860.
This report by census enumerator Peter R. Garner sets out the census statistics for whites, slaves and free blacks in Lauderdale County for the census year of 1860. Garner reported
1831 male slaves
1906 female slaves
13 free male people of…
Family Residence for Sale.
This is a notice of a sale published by Florence resident and future AL gov. (1865-1867) Robert M. Patton for the sale at the court house in Florence at public auction on December 21, 1859, of the late Mary Saffarrans' house and lot on Seminary…
Valuable Sale of Property on Long Credit.
An advertisement by John McKinley for several hundred acres in Lauderdale, Limestone and Madison Counties, Alabama for sale, as well as several dozen slaves with the Lauderdale County properties, for sale.
Note: John McKinley (1780-1852) was a…
Runaway Negro
A runaway slave notice placed in the the *Florence Gazette* of September 8, 1855 noting that the runaway slave named Andrew, belonging to WD Gales of Nashville, had been committed to the Lauderdale County jail by Sheriff Robert McClanahan. Andrew's…
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