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Title
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Bill of Sale with Two Transactions for an Enslaved Man Named Joe or Joseph
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Rights
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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Public Domain.
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Creator
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Harding George S (1863)
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Date
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1844
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Description
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This item is a printed and handwritten single sheet document of a bill of sale for an enslaved man known as “Joseph or Joe.” The front side contains a transaction on July 16, 1844 in which Joseph L. Lock and Charles Davis in Savannah, Georgia sold “Negro man Joe or Joseph as a slave,” for $465 to Henry P. Goldsmith of Chambers County, Alabama. Joe is described as 19 and of “bright mulatto colour.” The back of the document contains another transaction, dated August 26, 1844 that transferred Joe from Goldsmith to James Akins of Chambers County, Alabama for “value received.” G. S. Harding acted as witness to both sales.
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Format
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Ink on paper. H x W: 13 × 8 1/16 in. (33 × 20.5 cm)
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Language
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English.
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Publisher
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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Contributor
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Vontrice Lemell
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Identifier
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2018.43.2
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Subject
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Business; domestic slave trade; slavery;
U.S. history; bills of sale; Savannah; Chatham County; Georgia; United States; Chambers County; Alabama.
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Source
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Jpg file. Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. 10/18/2021. https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2018.43.2?destination=edan-search/collection_search%3Fedan_q%3D%252A%253A%252A%26edan_local%3D1%26edan_fq%255B0%255D%3Dtopic%253A%2522Slavery%2522
