Inventory of the Slave Bill of Sale, 1839, circa 1861-1865

Collection Number 842-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Parker, Weeks, fl. 1839.
Title
Slave Bill of Sale, 1839, circa 1861-1865.
Call Number
842-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 item.
Abstract
The collection is a bill of sale, July 1839, documenting the purchase of a 17-year-old male mulatto slave by John W. Suttle from Weeks Parker in Philadelphia County, Pa. Attached to the bill of sale is a cartoon, circa 1861-1865, depicting contraband slaves escaping to Union forces at Fort Monroe, Va., during the Civil War.


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Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Slave Bill of Sale, #842-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Fort Monroe (Va.)
Fugitive slaves--Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Parker, Weeks, fl. 1839.
Slave bills of sale--Pennsylvania.
Slavery--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Caricatures and cartoons.
Slavery--Pennsylvania.
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Collection Overview

The collection is a bill of sale, July 1839, documenting the purchase of a 17-year-old male mulatto slave by John W. Suttle from Weeks Parker in Philadelphia County, Pa. Attached to the bill of sale is a cartoon, circa 1861-1865, depicting contraband slaves escaping to Union forces at Fort Monroe, Va., during the Civil War.