Slavery papers, 1712, 1802-1861 and undated

Containers:

Box 1

Scope and content:

Materials related to the enumeration, buying, and selling of enslaved people owned by the Corbin, Hamilton, and Couper families. The earliest documents date from 1712 and are lists of enslaved people owned by Edmund Jenings in Virginia. These lists also have information about where each enslaved person is quartered for the year. Later documents from the nineteenth century include accounts, bills of sale, lists, and correspondence that discuss and provide evidence of the buying, selling, mortgaging, and enumeration of enslaved people. Other materials in the Financial and Legal Papers and Correspondence of this collection may provide additional documentation of slavery.

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