Will be in Charleston about Philip. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
A Negro sold through Oakes has a stolen gun. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Asks about cook offered for sale. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
On projected purchases. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
On settlement of account; wants family on credit. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
On price for boy Team. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
On draft coming due; can sell boy Reuty. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Report on trading, difficulties with James' contrariness. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sends Delia and 2 children by boat. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Requests enquiry about Negro named Boston. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sends Delia for sale. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sends draft to pay for Emily, children, William & Catharine. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Reports sale of Lydia in Savannah. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
On delivery of Negroes purchased. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Asks prices of Negroes. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Asks about a mulatto, sister of a girl belonging to Manigault. In hand of Wm C. Dawson. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Offer for woman and children. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Asks value of woman and boy. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Has bought Negroes wanted in Richmond; criticizes Oakes for trying to please Negroes. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sends payment for Tim, sold Josiah Schley; wants other Negroes. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sends field hands Ceaser and wife Nanny to be sold. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
William healthy but not sold; asks about check paid for Clarisy. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
On payments for Reuty and Bristol. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Local prices; state of Negroes on consignment. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
On boy Reuty. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Will collect girl; has arranged payment for purchases. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Asks prices of various types of Negroes. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Wants to buy 8 or 10 young Negroes if fever over at Charleston. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
On ownership of slave now sick in jail. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Asks about sale of Carolina. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Has set up business at New Orleans; proposes that Oakes supply Negroes from Charleston, setting forth terms of payment. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Terms of purchase of woman and 4 children. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Reports on Negroes offered for sale by R. Cannon. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Bill of sale of Clarissa. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
On protested bill. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Asks about house servants. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
On negotiations with Bamberg; will bring Negroes to Charleston. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
On return of girl Delia. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Asks help in case of unsound woman bought from Mordecai. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Advertising sale of slaves by James L. Coleman, Augusta, Ga., 26 Dec. 1856.
Has drawn on Oakes for money; few Negroes available. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
On payment for Mary and children. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
On disposal of Negroes in contested estate. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Cohen has seen Negroes; asks Oakes to attend appraisement. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Expects to make purchases in North Carolina and Virginia mountains; asks about prices in Charleston. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sends 3 Negroes for sale; requests letter for Darlington Court House sale. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sends Tim for sale, preferring this to chastising him for running away. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Has bought 2 Negroes; must raise money or be ruined. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
On title to boy Toney. In hand of Wm C. Dawson. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Has received payments for family. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Offers 50 or 60 cotton hands for sale; asks prices in Charleston. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sends Negro for sale. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Asks opinion on price for 6 Negroes. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Want 10 or 12 Negroes; ask terms of payment. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Reconciled to going to jail; transfer of the Chandlers' Negroes. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Asks value of girl. With cover note by Christie transmitting query. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Thanks for care of Dr. Parker's boy; asks value of W.A. Skrine's boy; Savannah business quiet. In hand of W.W. George. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sends woman and child; Shepherd & McCreey to receive part proceeds as referred to in Ms. Am. 322 no. 487. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Enquires about purchase of field hands. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Asks about Caroline, whom he regrets purchasing. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Asks Oakes to sell woman Mary Jane. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sends check in part payment for girl Margaret. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sends receipt for payment on Benjamin Mordecai's bond. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sends 7 Negroes for sale, partly owned by Chandlers. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sends blank bill of sale for McDonald's Negro. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Reference copy in LOT 11334. Exhibited: "Only Skin Deep" at the International Center of Photography, New York City, N.Y., 2003-2004.
Offers George, bearer of note, for sale, though perhaps unsound; N.A. Hardee & Co. will provide title. In hand of Wm C. Dawson. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Has written two letters without answer, one about auction, the other about Negroes offered. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Feels cheated over unsound Negro; suggests compensation. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Miss Elliott wishes Nelson sold at $800; prospects of selling Andalusia Plantation poor. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Unless Negroes are sent, will be sued. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Is bringing group of Negroes to Charleston. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Telegraphed for 4 field hands; could use 50. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Photograph shows a full length portrait of Jefferson Davis, holding his hat in hand. Verso image shows the slave quarters on his plantation. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: CDV60. "Jefferson Davis" inscr More
Has bought 3 Negroes being sent for resale. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Will visit Charleston to buy 2 girls; asks prices. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Illustration shows Christmas festivities on a southern plantation where enslaved African Americans dance, feast, and play music as their white owners observe. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v More
Seeks recovery of runaway; wife is a free mulatto in Charleston. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Asks about value of journeyman carpenter aged 45. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Asks about woman and children sent on consignment. In hand of W.W. George. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sends 7 Negroes for sale. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Orders 4 young field hands. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Unable to buy Mulesides Jack; could use 8 to 10 young men. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sends woman and child; Shepherd & McCreey to receive part proceeds. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Price in Richmond; asks Oakes to handcuff his Negroes. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Wants $1250 for Negro; trade high in Richmond. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Asks whether two boys have had measles. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Will purchase girl. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sends check for half interest in Mickey; commissions purchase of likely young Negroes. Courtesy of Boston Public Library