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Bill of sale for slave

Bill from Nancy Lea to Antoinette L. Bledsoe for Negro named Frank; Lea was Sam Houston's mother-in-law

Date: 1844

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Bill of sale for purchase of slave by E.M. Pease]

A bill of sale for the purchase by E.M. Pease of a slave named Tim or Tom.

Date: September 1, 1849

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Deed for sale of slave to E.M. Pease and John W. Harris]

A deed for the sale of a slave ("one mulatto girl") from D.R. and E.B. Walker to E.M. Pease and John W. Harris.

Date: February 22, 1841

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Receipt for sale of slave to A. D. Kennard, October 10, 1842]

Receipt for sale of a slave from Thomas Smith to A.D. Kennard. She is described as a 14 year old girl named Adlin.

Date: October 10, 1842

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

David Dawson's Bill of Sale for Nelson

Bill of sale for a man around eighteen years old named Nelson, sold as a slave to Michael Reed by David Dawson, signed October 1, 1841.

Date: October 1, 1841

Creator: Dawson, David

Item Type: Text

Partner: Southwestern University

[Agreement for sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy]

An agreement for the sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy who was "eleven or twelve years old." Hercules was sold by enslaver Ephraim M. Guthrie to enslaver Thomas Graham. The agreement names Hercules a "slave for life."

Date: September 29, 1847

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Bill of Sale for Negro Boy from Galaway

Bill of sale for a boy around 14 years old named Edmond, sold as a slave to Michael Reed by John and Emily Galloway.

Date: March 19, 1841

Creator: Galloway, John & Galloway, Emily

Item Type: Text

Partner: Southwestern University

Percussion shotgun

A composite gun made from various parts: blacksmith- made trigger guard; copper ramrod holders; wooden ramrod. Stamped on stock at butt: LEVYON MADE MC LAWS PLANTA. 1841; lockplate: GOLCHER; barrel: _____PHILAD___; possibly "slave made"

Date: 1841

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Transcript of Letter from Haml White to James F. Perry, September 16, 1841]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Haml White to James F. Perry requesting the ability to pay off cash debts owed to Perry by bartering corn, horses, and one slave.

Date: September 16, 1841

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Address of the Committee of the Mississippi convention to the southern states.

No Description Available.

Date: 1849

Creator: Mississippi. Convention, 1849.

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Schreiner University

Address on the annexation of Texas, and the aspect of slavery in the United States, in connection therewith: delivered in Boston November 14 and 18, 1845

Pamphlet from Texana Collection

Date: January 1, 1845

Creator: Phillips, Stephen C.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Anti-Texass Legion: Protest of some free men, states and presses against the Texass rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations

Pamphlet from Texana Collection

Date: January 1, 1845

Creator: Anti-Texass Legion

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Thoughts on the proposed annexation of Texas to the United States

A book containing Theodor Sedgwick’s opinions about the annexation of Texas to the United States. The book contains discussions of issues that arise if Texas is annexed to the United States Union. A couple of the issues addressed are slavery and diplomatic relations between Texas and Mexico.

Date: January 1, 1844

Creator: Sedgwick, Theodore

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections