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slave Ownership

Wills, Probate, Deeds with identifying information of slaves
1852 Manuscript documenting F.A. Byrd’s purchase of an enslaved woman, Jane, aged 25, her 3 year old child Augustus, and her unnamed 7-month old child | DPLA1858 Division of Robert K. Shaw's estate probate in Gadsden County, Florida. } DPLA1859 - 1864 Whitfield Notebook -The notebook documents the financial transactions of George Whitfield around Tallahassee, Florida, including his business transactions regarding slaves he owned and sold. | DPLASlave Payroll for Lake City, Florida, October 1863 | DPLA1870 - Winthrop Family Papers -Record of different enslaved people with prices dating 1870. This could be documenting past assets, estates, or taxes potentially. | FSUBill of sale for three slaves bought by H. M. Weedon from H. G. Wright | UmbraBill of sale, Yadkin County N.C., 1853 | DPLABertie County NC. November 20, 1842Emancipation papers for enslaved man George Sivelly, son of Affie Clarke, freed by free person of color George P. Clarke, St. Augustine, Territory of Florida, for the sum of $350. August 22, 1837 | DPLAInward Manifest, Steamer Florida, May 15, 1852 | DPLAManuscript quitclaim or bill of sale by John Brett, Jr., Jackson County, Florida, January 18, 1848 to William Damiel for negro girl slave named Cherry | DPLAW.J. Martin, New Orleans, La., autograph letter signed to Ziba B. Oakes, 9 December 1854 requesting bill of sale for Florida slave girl | DPLAA. J. McElveen, Sumterville, S.C., autograph letter signed to Ziba B. Oakes, 13 January 1855.Miss Fleming to take back two boys; Doss not sold; Florida market best. | DPLAInward Manifest, Steamer Alabama, June 5, 1852A male slave named Fonce, "brown," age 30, was being shipped by T. E. Buckman (his signature) of Florida. Mr. Buckman's name is also given as Buckner. | DPLA Inward Manifest, Steamer James Adger, June 9, 1852.A female slave named Susan, "brown," age 32, was being shipped by W. T. Wood for Mr. Chapman of Appatatchicoli [sic], Florida, or possibly, by Mr. Chapman for Mr. Wood. | DPLAWilliam Wright, Savannah, Ga., manuscript letter signed to Ziba B. Oakes, 25 October 1853.Directions for arrest of boys Ben and John, employed on steamer Florida. | DPLAInward Manifest, Steamer Alabama, May 22, 1852 (No. 2).A female slave named Ignace, "black," age 30, was being shipped by Sarah C. Fairbanks of Florida. | DPLANewspaper ad regarding the Estate of Ellen Brovkenbraugh sale of 4 slaves in Leon County 1853. | Cornell UniversityCapturing Runaways in Florida - An Account of Expenses for the capture of Sharper, Bill, & Henry of the Roberts Estate. | Cornell UniversityBroadside - Gang of Thirty-Seven Negroes For Sale (In Families) | Cornell UniversityReceipt Listing Eight Slaves who were Owned by the Estate of John Branch, former Governor of both Florida and North Carolina 1863 | Cornell UniversityList of Slaves in Florida on Eve of Civil War, Jackson County 1861 | University ArchivesSanchez Family Papers -In the correspondence (1850-1870) folder, there are two documents of note: a loyalty oath to the Union by Margaret Sánchez (June 3, 1865) and a statement by a former slave owned by the Sánchez family, Joseph Johnson (April 4, 1870). | UF1844 Report : Claim of of Administrator of A. Pacheco. [447] Slave of Pacheco hired as interpreter during Florida war; captured by Seminole Indians; recaptured; return to owner refused by commanding officer; sent west with Seminoles; payment for said slave | DPLA

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The 1863 division of slaves of the James Mims Plantation located on the Ochlocknee river on the Gadsen and Leon county Florida line. Divided by name into 5 lots of 60 slaves | LiveAuctioneers.comFlorida Slave Document, Gadsden County 1832. This is a slave document written in 1832 as part of the estate of John Martin, from Gadsden County,According to the document, he owned five slaves: a Negro man named Tom, a woman named Chaney, who was probably Tom?s wife, and three young ones named Lishy, Peter, and Beck | LiveAuctioneers.comTwo page letter authored by a man named Stephen S. Smith dated January 29th, 1851 from Jasper, Florida. Writing to his brother, Smith states that he has a bill of sale in the amount of $850 for an enslaved woman that was sold to him (Smith’s brother), and that the seller has requested the money he is owed. | Liveauctioneers.comList of Slaves Hired Out in Panhandle of Florida on Eve of Civil War , Henry O. Bassett, Document Signed, list of John G. Russ’s slaves hired out for the benefit of his minor children, January 1, 1861. | Liveauctioneers.comPair of deeds for 20 enslaved people sold from South Carolina to Florida. "Thomas a man, and his wife Sarah, a woman, and their three children, to wit: Lucy, Tom, and Judy." The other names "fifteen Negroes, to wit: "Sam, Cely, Alfred, Delia, Lena, Tilla, Dick, Isaac, Sharper, Elsey, Amy, Andrew, Nancy, Damon, and Daphney." The sale was made within the Bradley family, who were planters in Sumter County, SC. | Liveauctioneers.comA Confederate document issued to W.H. Howard of Ocala, Florida, informing him of the requisition of "two able bodied male slaves, between the ages of 18 and 50," in order "to increase the efficiency of the Army". The document notes that the rate is one "for every 35 slaves owned by any person, without regard to age or sex." The verso of the document includes a list of 19 slaves: "Nathan + Gigi / Pont? + Harry + T. Allen + Elliott / Abram / G Martin / Arch / Silas / Soson Travey + Phillip / Dilla + Tom / Jane / Axy / Gerey baby / Betty / Mary." | Liveauctioneers.comNovember, 1849 document from Marianna, Florida that served as receipt for 37 named slaves from the estate of a local planter, William H. Robinson. The document details how the 37 enslaved men, women, and children were distributed amongst 3-5 heirs of Robinson and bears three recipients' signatures. A few of the slave's names include: Little Sip, Minor, Kissy, Hatspur, Brackston, and Aggy. | Liveauctioneers.comTwo Slave Documents. 1st: Florida Slave Document dated 1843. Discusses the hiring of Negroes with a breakdown of the fees for hiring and the years for hire from 1842 through 1847. Good condition. 12"h x 8"w. 2nd: Three documents signed by R.H. Foster. One dealing with paying 50.00 on the first of January 1866 for the hire of Negro Leecy and child. | Liveauctioneers.comFLORIDA SLAVE DOCUMENT INVENTORY & APPRAISAL JOHN L'ENGLE DOCUMENT IN VERY GOOD & LEGIBLE CONDITION. APPRAISAL DATED 11-22-1864 USING 1860 PRICES OF "PERSONAL ESTATE & SLAVES OF JOHN L'ENGLE LATE" FOR HIS WIDOW & CHILDREN (JOHN ENGLE KILLED AT GETTYSBURG) | Liveauctioneers.comTwo “Negro Slaves” are Sold at an Estate Auction, Florida, 1850 November 4, 1850, Florida Slave Auction Document, Tallahassee, FL,In this auction, land and two “Negro Slaves”: Peter and Jordan, who were sold for $905 and $135, respectively. | Liveauctioneers.comThree 19th c. Slave Related Documents including Rare 1837 Florida Territorial Slave Document from Gadsden County, Florida. It regards Juliann Sweat and her deceased husband's estate and the value three negroes - Billy, Pender and Lovina. Lower right signatures of the commissioners. Great condition for the age! 9 1/2"h x 7 3/4"w. Along with letter from John Crawford, Acting General in Cuba to the Captain General regarding the shipment of slaves to Cuba, Mangles Altos, Trinidad, etc. From Havana and dated October 20th 1864. 10 1/2"h x 8"w. Lastly, Slave Seizure written by the Sheriff on the back of court summons, State of Tennessee, Shelby County. Dated 1842. Richard M. Butler is justly indebted to James Poole. Document signed by sheriff and mentions the taking of the "negro boy". | Liveauctioneers.comone last will and testament deeding property and slaves from William Masculiny of Gadsen County State of Florida 1859, balance date mostly 1840's and are wills of other Florida Territory individuals. | Liveauctioneers.com1858 FLORIDA ESTATE DOCUMENT WITH SLAVES: Dated 1858, from Jefferson County, Florida, a inventory of estate items to include a woman named Ann and her child Albert, a girl named Jane, and a boy named Aaron. | Liveauctioneers.comRevealing letter of one "R. F. Woods" to Territory of Florida Gov. JOHN BRANCH, 1p.4to., Nashville, Oct. 8, 1850. Woods seeks to recover $650 due him on a note given by a relative of Branch, one "Jno. R. Branch". In part: "...a note drawn...on my favor for $650 upon which your name appears as security. You will probably remember the circumstance...It was given by Mr. Branch to redeem the Negro boy John who he had sold to me & who you afterwards took with you to Florida. | Liveauctioneers.comSLAVE MANIFEST. Partly-printed document detailing the transport of a slave named Sally aboard the ship Florida from New York to Savannah.New York: 29 December 1855. 1 p., oblong broadsheet, light blue paper (215 x 352 mm). Accomplished by a clerk and signed by the shipper H. Brigham, the ship's master W. S. Woodhull and the collector of the port of New York. | Liveauctioneers.comEleven Civil War items, slave and other early ephemera: 1856 estate list with slave rentals listed; | Liveauctioneers.comAugust 19, 1833, Bill of Sale for 16-year-old Negro Boy "Jim," Jackson County, Florida Territory | Liveauctioneers.com1855 ORIGINAL FLORIDA GADSEN COUNTY APPRAISAL SIGNED BY ALEX LOVE & JOHN SMITH LISTING COTTON HORSES AND 8 NEGRO SLAVES ANNA,MAY,DINAH,MASENLINA, HARRIETT, BOY ROBERT, GIRL SARINA | Liveauctioneers.com1857 Legal Judgment Against Florida Slaveholder, Francis A. Robinson, of Jackson County . Slaves named. | Liveauctioneers.comThis letter was by William Walker Rockwell (1839-1863) of Pittsfield, MA, who served as Captain of Company I in the white 31st Massachusetts Infantry. He wrote it on Ship Island, a long barrier island off the coast of Mississippi, which had recently been seized from the Confederates. More than a page is devoted to a description of his formerly enslaved servant: "I was so fortunate as to secure the services of one Josiah Jenkins, a contraband from Florida, ..." | Swann Auction GalleriesThis letter was written by a relocated Yankee living on the Florida Panhandle near Pensacola. Much of the letter discusses financial woes and politics in Florida Territory, but one long passage describes the harrowing abuse of an enslaved woman | Swann Auction Galleries1841 An Inventory of all the Slaves and personal property of the Estate of Fernando Lowe Lowe Deed late of Hamilton County. Named slaves are Luckey 501 . " Boy " Aaron 550 . 00 " John 500 . 00 1 " " Washington Washington $ 300 . 00. Sigh 250 . 00 | Familysearch1841 This is the last will and Testament of Archibald McRae of the County of Hamilton. Named slaves: Bella Cox and her Brother Calf and William the son of Calf, the negroes in the possession of Henry E Purviance ( Viz, Tom, and Betsey, and Betseys Children , Mary Cass | Familysearch1845 This is the last Will & Testament of Francis J. Ross of Hamilton County. Named slaves: Charlott, Sarah, Sarah's twins Robert & Mary, Wiley Alfred ( called Boas(?)), Clarinda ( Called Sepp or Leff), Adeline ( Called Coop), Peter, William, Dowing, and William who is a cripple. Others listed | Familysearch

OWNERSHIP CONTINUED

1864 Hamilton County Court record "Ordered by the Court that the negro man Alfred a cripple & pauper and the old Negro woman a pauper be let out at public outcry by the Sheriff on the first Monday in January next to the lowest bidder for their support for the ensuring Year " I Familysearch1850 Shedrick Clay of Orange County to James Clay sale of slave named Mary , age twenty - eight years | Familysearch1860 deed of sale from Benjamin f. Jackson to Mary A.G. Jackson, both of Orange County, for sale of slave girl named Sealy fourteen years old | Familysearch1853 -Thomas Stark of Orange County sale of slave named Elias , aged about sixteen years tp Mooney & Gookin. | Familysearch1858 Bill of sale from Daniel A Newton of Orange County to Mathew A. Stewart for sale of slave Rhoda and her 2 children, Rachal (5) and Deborrah (1) | Familysearch1862 Bill of sale by David Mizell of Orange county to Augustus H. Johnson and F.E. Carn for following slaves ; Ten negroes , viz : one negro man named Tom a slave one negro woman a slave named Mary Ann and her three children viz : Anna , Peter and Ginny , a negro girl named Olly , one named Frances , one named Gray Gray & Child names Jane , one negro boy named King | Familysearch1853 Thomas Stark of Orange County sale to George Mooney slave named Dave or David aged about thirteen years , about four feet seven | FamilysearchSearch results for Orange County Slave deeds | FamilysearchSearch results for Duval county Slave deeds | FamilySearchSearch results for St. John's County Slave Deeds | FamilysearchSearch results for Hamilton Cpounty slave deeds | FamilysearchSearch results for Leon County slave deeds | familysearchseach resuts for escambia county slave deeds | familysearchsearch results for marion county slave deeds | familysearch

Plantation Records

Records that include identifying information regarding slave
Florida plantation records from the papers of George Noble Jones | DPLAPhoto - Negro quarters, Plantation, Fort George Island, Florida. | DPLAJohn Hollingsworth Mount Vernon / Blue Plantation Account book | DPLADr Edward Bradford / Pine Hill Plantation Papers | FSUEthnohistorical study of the Kingsley Plantation community | DPLAJohn Hollingsworth / Mount Vernon Manuscript Financial Ledgers | FSUJohn Hollingsworth's Will | DPLAWill of James Hollingsworth | DPLAList of enslaved people, including their ages, at Spring Garden plantation, Florida, 1829. | Wofford CollegePhoto - Kingsley Plantation: Four small, block houses with chimneys and wood roofs that served as slave quarters on Fort George Island. | DPLAJohn S. Winthrop / Barrow Hill Plantation - List of enslaved people and sharecropping contract | DPLARules to be Followed by the Military in Administering Control of the Florida Plantations, Planters and the Freedmen. Also, Rules Provided for the Application of the Amnesty Oath. 1865. | Cornell UniversityManuscript Will Addendum Draft Appointing John Cromartie as an Overseer on a Slave Plantation. Leon County, Florida, December 30, 1852. | LiveAuctioneers.comListing of 96 slaves plus livestock drafted in Territorial Florida in 1845 between the deaths of John Bellamy and William. Bellamy Plantation was in Jefferson County , Florida. | Live auctioneers.comManuscript articles of agreement between James Mills and Benjamin Perry in becoming co-owners of a sugar plantation. 1p, measuring 7.75" x 12.5", Lincoln County, Georgia, November 3, 1828. The document stipulates the men, both of Florida Territory, share all of the land's resources which includes slaves and livestock. | Live auctioneers.comThis piece reads, "Raven's Roost Plantation 1847 Florida Suwanni County Field Worker 25." | Liveauctioneers.comdocument listing 30 Negro slaves all named, owned by John Bellamy of Bellamy plantation Jefferson County Florida, the slave were turned over to W.F. Bailey "to live and Labour alongside his slaves" the appraised value in 1850 $10000.00. Slaves are named and numbered. | Liveauctioneers.comLedger book discovered in Tallahassee, Florida with dates and record between 1834 and 1866. The ledger details the sales of a store to plantation and farm owners along Thomasville Road which connect Tallahassee, Florida and Thomasville, Georgia. | Liveauctioneers.comPlantation Account Book of S.W. Stringfellow (1873) | UF

Free Ebooks, research papers, audio books, & Reports

Free Ebook -Trial and imprisonment of Jonathan Walker, at Pensacola, Florida, for aiding slaves to escape from bondage : Walker, Jonathan | Internet ArchiveFree Negro Owners of Slaves in the United States in 1830 | Internet ArchivesFree Ebook -Myths of the plantation society : slavery in the American South and the West Indies : Dessens, Nathalie | Internet ArchiveFree Ebook -Slavery in Florida : territorial days to emancipation : Rivers, Larry E. | Internet ArchiveFree Ebook - Slavery and plantation growth in Antebellum Florida, 1821-1860 : Smith, Julia Floyd | Internet ArchiveFree Ebook -Balancing evils judiciously : the proslavery writings of Zephaniah Kingsley : Kingsley, Z. (Zephaniah) | Internet ArchiveNotes Concerning Slave Prayer Meetings in the Jacksonville Area | DPLABulow Plantation | Brevard County Historic Society ArchivesFree Ebook - Rebels and runaways : slave resistance in nineteenth-century Florida : Rivers, Larry E. | Internet ArchiveRUINS OF THE EARLY PLANTATIONS of the HALIFAX AREA VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA By EDITH P. STANTON ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA | Florida Historical Society Research LibraryOld time plantation songs 1936 | fwp ufPlantations, Jefferson County | wpa ufAn Interpretation of the Florida Ex-Slaves' Memories of Slavery & the Civil War | wku

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slave narratives

Federal Writers Project - Florida Slave Narratives | Internet ArchiveFree Ebook - No man's yoke on my shoulders : personal accounts of slavery in Florida | Internet ArchiveNarratives of Formerly Enslaved Floridians | Non-Tampa Floridiana Collections | University of South FloridaInterview with Ike Ward, August 2, 1978 | UFElla Lassiter (Life and Songs in Slavery) | Library of Congress

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