Receipt for Sale of Enslaved Female, April 16, 1867

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Description

This receipt documents the payment in full made to R. B. Webb, Commissioner, for the sale of a Black woman named Sophia by order of the Chancery Cort and purchased by J. M Anderson for one thousand, five hundred and fifty dollars. The receipt is dated April 16, 1867

Publication Date

4-16-1867

Time Period

1860-1869

Subjects

Receipts (Acknowledgments); Enslaved persons

Keywords

receipts; slave sale

Geographic Location

Kosciusko (Miss.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

document

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_004_1867-04-16_Receipt

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Hays-Ray-Webb Collection, Box 3, Folder 3

Repository

Manuscripts Unit

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

Hays-Ray-Webb collection, Archives and Special Collections Division, Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi State University