Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018

23 c   (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Group of 3 receipts for slaves owned by the Brown family of Culpeper County,Virginia. Each about 5 x 8 inches; folds and minor wear, one short closed tear. [Culpeper County,VA], 1833-38 [300/400] Group 3 receipts for slaves distributed by Armistead Brown (1787-1858) as executor for his father, Captain Daniel Brown (1748-1833) of Culpeper,VA:“one negro boy,Anthony,”“Two negro girls, Hannah & Eliza,” and “One negro woman named Sally and her child.”They were each bequeathed to a different Brown family sibling:Armistead’s brothers Daniel and John Hill Brown, and his sister Frances Hill Slaughter. 24 c   (SLAVERYANDABOLITION.) Group of 10 slavery documents from Mississippi, mostly from Hinds County. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1848-64 [1,000/1,500] Receipt for “a negro boy named Dick aged about 20 years” sold by J.D. Shewalter to Caroline Hester. Jackson, MS, 15 January 1848 * Inventory of the estate of Edward Engelhard, including 9 named slaves. Hinds County, MS, 7 June 1848 * Inventory of the estate ofWilliam C. Demoss including “negro slaves Bedney & Minney, Charey & 2 children.” Hinds County, MS, 14 December 1848 * Court file for a legal case involving “a negro man named Richard” who was leased by his owner Mary Skipwith to the Southern Rail Road Company and then fell ill; 9 pages, stitched. Hinds County, MS, 16 April 1860 * Inventory of the estate of William B. Mower including “1 old negro woman Eliza.” Hinds County, MS, 14 July 1860 * Legal complaint by Dukelet Askew against George Ashford for failure to pay for the loan of two slaves Cary and John. Hinds County,MS, 30April 1861 * Group of 3 documents re a suit againstTheodore D. Paddl- eford who had unlawfully detained 14 slaves (each named with their ages and relationships) from the estate of ThomasW. Heard. Hinds County,MS, 1863 * “List of the negroes belonging to the estate of SusanT.Young that went to theYankees.” Lists 15 named slaves, some with family relationships; appended with a note on three who did not immediately liberate themselves:“Sam went after a while, George also, Frederick remained south.” Np, 15 March 1864. with —another document from Alabama: criminal indictment of “Godfrey a slave belonging to Mrs. Margaret Stewart, unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed Lawrence Gomez, a free person of color by striking or cutting him with a hatchet.” Mobile, June 1857. 25 c   (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Pair of Mississippi slave deeds from the same family. Various sizes and conditions. Marion County, MS, 1852-60 [300/400] Deed of gift from Hiram Stewart to his third son Hampton S. Stewart of “a negro girl named Hariet five years of age and a negro boy named Evriet aged two years old, to have and to hold . . . and their propper use and behoof for ever,” 14 August 1852; witnessed in 1856 and docketed by the county recorder in 1859. 2 pages, 9 3 / 4 x 7 3 / 4 inches, on a folding sheet; minimal wear. Deed from Hiram Stewart to son Hampton S. Stewart of 8 named slaves: “a negro man named Frank aged about sixteen years, George aged about thirty-nine, woman Lettice aged about forty years, man Nelson aged about thirty seven years, boy Mingo aged about six years, boy Harry aged about five years, Henry aged about four years, Jacob about two years of age,” Marion County, MS, 19 October 1859, recorded on verso in 1860. 2 pages, 12 1 / 2 x 8 inches, on one sheet; minor wear and short closed separations at folds.