[Receipt for sale of slaves]

Rhett, James M., fl. 1863 [Receipt for sale of slaves]

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GLC#
GLC09380.2
Type
Documents
Date
2 March 1863
Author/Creator
Rhett, James M., fl. 1863
Title
[Receipt for sale of slaves]
Place Written
Columbia, South Carolina
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 12.5 cm, Width: 22.6 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

With: PDS, 3-2-1863, receipt printed specifically for use in slave sales: "Received from Charles H. Rhett Seven thousand two hundred & fifty Dollars… for the purchase of Seven Negro Slaves named Caesar, Catherine, Flora, Ben, Stepney, Dora & Sue." Pinned to this is the original newspaper advertisement of the estate sale: "will be sold, at the Court House in Columbia…A prime gang of 26 Negroes, accustomed to the culture of cotton, corn and provisions generally. There are among them Cooks, Washers and Ironers and House Servants, the property of … Wm. S. Chaplin, deceased." Signed by estate administrator William A. Chisolm.

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