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[Ledger of daily slave activities]

Description: Ledger detailing the daily activities of those who were slaves to Michael Reed. Names of those enslaved include Jack, Dan, Ed, Gim/Jim, Johan, Gorge, Abe, Little Gim/Jim, Bill, Luce, Bet, Sal, Lizzy/Lizey, Nelee[?], Ike, and Johan. Activities include working with cotton and corn, ginning, herding, clearing, "house," "sick," chopping, fodder, and "nothing." On the last page, some quantities and the name "Josiah P. Gates."
Date: [1858,1859?]
Creator: Reed, Michael
Partner: Southwestern University

[Ledger of daily slave activities]

Description: Ledger detailing the daily activities of those who were slaves to Michael Reed. Names of those enslaved include Jack, Dan, Ed, Gim/Jim, Johan, Gorge/George, Abe, Little Gim/Jim, Bill, Luce, Bet, Sal, Lizzy/Lizey, Nelee[?], Ike, and Johan. Activities include working with cotton and corn, ginning, herding, clearing, cow hunting, plowing, bailing, "river bank," "house," "sick," chopping, fodder, and "nothing." Also included in what appears to once have been gathered into a booklet are several rece… more
Date: [1858,1859?]
Creator: Reed, Michael
Partner: Southwestern University

[Legal Statement of Sale for Slave]

Description: Bill of sale of 45 year old slave woman (Cate) to James S. Hanna at auction at Brenham court house. Text of document: The State of Texas, Washington County April 5th A.D. 1852 Know all men by these presents, that whereas on the 16th day of November A.D. 1849, Davis [...] Recovered & obtained a judgment against Charles J. C. Lockhart, R. Autrey and A. B. [...]lurey for the sum of three hundred and seven[ty] seven dollars & twenty eight cents, together with Cost of suit, on which judgment an … more
Date: April 5, 1852
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Map of the United States and territories: showing the possessions and aggressions of the slave power.

Description: Map shows slave holding [dark shaded], non-slave holding [unshaded], and disputed territorries [grayed] parts of the United States during the decade before Civil War. The "Missouri Compromise" is indicated with a parallel line extending from the northern Arkansas border to California. No scale indicated. Political representation of slave holding, non-slave holding, and territories is also indicated. This broadside was printed and distributed in support of 1856 Republican Party presidential cand… more
Date: 1856
Creator: Bloss, William C.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Bill of Sale of a Slave Named Adam (or Tircis), December 15, 1859]

Description: Bill of sale witnessed by notary Selim Wagner, containing details of the sale of a slave named Adam or Tircis. Adam was sold for $1,225 by auctioneer for the estate of the deceased Pierre Riviere of New Orleans as directed by his executor, Nicolas Tourne. The buyer was Lucretia Van Woert of Sabine Pass, Texas, though her husband, Theodore Gripon, accepted on her behalf.
Date: December 15, 1859
Creator: New Orleans (La.)
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

Sale for Jim for $1000

Description: Receipt of payment in the amount of $1000 for the sale of a boy around 17 years old named Jim, sold as a slave by H.M McFarland to Michael Reed on December 22, 1855.
Date: December 22, 1855
Creator: McFarland, H.M.
Partner: Southwestern University

Sale for Daniel

Description: Bill of sale for a man around 35 years old named Daniel, sold as a slave to Michael Reed by B. Pool and signed January 2, 1856.
Date: January 2, 1856
Creator: Pool, B.
Partner: Southwestern University
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