Stith, C., fl. 1854 [Receipt of sale for a slave]

GLC07356.03

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GLC#
GLC07356.03
Type
Documents
Date
1 April 1854
Author/Creator
Stith, C., fl. 1854
Title
[Receipt of sale for a slave]
Place Written
Mobile, Alabama
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 14.7 cm, Width: 21.2 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Signed by Stith. Receipt for the sale of a "Negro Boy Richard about fifteen or sixteen years of age..." sold for $1,000 to James W. Goodman. Refers to Richard as "a slave for life."

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