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Property Tax Receipt, September 19, 1881
Property Tax Receipt, September 19, 1881
Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937
Document: Payment for property taxes, Barnwell County, South Carolina. Paid by Peter Young. Signed by N. F. Kirkland, County Treasurer.
Property Tax Receipt, September 16, 1880
Property Tax Receipt, September 16, 1880
Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937
Document: Payment for property taxes, Barnwell County, South Carolina. Paid by Henry Glover. Signed by Alfred Aldrich, County Treasurer.
Promissory Note, April 23, 1880
Promissory Note, April 23, 1880
Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937
Document: Marked paid. Promissory note stating Henry Glover will pay Etiwan Phosphate Company $13.50.
Promissory Note, April 23, 1880
Promissory Note, April 23, 1880
Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937
Document: Marked paid Promissory note stating Henry Glover will pay Chas. C. Hardwick $78.71.
Property Tax Receipt, September 16, 1879
Property Tax Receipt, September 16, 1879
Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937
Document: Payment for property taxes, Barnwell County, South Carolina. Paid by H. Glover. Signed by Alfred Aldrich, County Treasurer.
Lien On Crop, March 28, 1879
Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937
Document: Legal paperwork showing the terms for Dunbar, Clark & Co. advance of $45.00 to Henry Glover.
Property Tax Receipt, May 2, 1878
Property Tax Receipt, May 2, 1878
Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937
Document: Payment for property taxes, Barnwell County, South Carolina. Paid by Henry Glover. Signed by Alfred Aldrich, County Treasurer.
Lien And Mortgage, April 22, 1876
Lien And Mortgage, April 22, 1876
Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937
Document: Paperwork showing the terms for Barrett & Caswell. advance of $65.00 to Henry Glover.
Property Tax Receipt, January 27, 1876
Property Tax Receipt, January 27, 1876
Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937
Document: Payment for property taxes, Barnwell County, South Carolina. Paid by Henry Glover. Signed by Jno. C. Dowling for A.D.D., County Treasurer.
Ua96/3 Southern Normal School - Class Lists, Southern Normal School
Ua96/3 Southern Normal School - Class Lists, Southern Normal School
WKU Archives Records
Class lists for Southern Normal School and early Bowling Green Business University 1876-1910. These lists are incomplete and are part of UA96 Southern Normal School Records. Check KenCat for extant corresponding class portraits.
Property Tax Receipt, October 15, 1875
Property Tax Receipt, October 15, 1875
Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937
Document: Payment for property taxes, Barnwell County, South Carolina. Paid by Henry Glover. Signed by Alfred Aldrich, County Treasurer.
Property Tax Receipt, December 10, 1874
Property Tax Receipt, December 10, 1874
Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937
Document: Payment for property taxes, Barnwell County, South Carolina. Paid by Henry Glover. Signed by Jno. C. Dowling, County Treasurer.
Property Tax Receipt, January 22, 1874
Property Tax Receipt, January 22, 1874
Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937
Document: Payment for property taxes, Barnwell County, South Carolina. Paid by Henry Glover. Signed by Jno. C. Dowling, County Treasurer.
Property Tax Receipt, January 22, 1874
Property Tax Receipt, January 22, 1874
Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937
Document: Payment for property taxes, Barnwell County, South Carolina. Paid by Abraham Dobson. Signed by Jno. C. Dowling, County Treasurer.
Property Tax Receipt, February 11, 1873
Property Tax Receipt, February 11, 1873
Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937
Document: Payment for property taxes, Barnwell County, South Carolina. Paid by Henry Glover. Signed by Jno. C. Dowling, County Treasurer.
Tax Receipt, January 12, 1872
Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937
Document: Payment for taxes, Barnwell County, South Carolina. Paid by [Henry] Glover. Signed by [J.N. Teagan], County Treasurer.
Property Tax Receipt, February 29, 1871
Property Tax Receipt, February 29, 1871
Glover Family Papers, 1871-1937
Document: Payment for property taxes, Barnwell County, South Carolina. Paid by Henry Glover. Signed by C. Ehrhardt, County Treasurer.
Carte-De-Visite Photograph: "2 Headed Girl, Millie Crissie," No Date., J. H. Fitzgibbon
Carte-De-Visite Photograph: "2 Headed Girl, Millie Crissie," No Date., J. H. Fitzgibbon
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection
Conjoined twins Millie and Christine McKoy in full portrait. Date of photograph unknown (likely ca. 1870, subjects died 1912).
Leek Plantation Freedmen's Bureau Ledger, 1867
Leek Plantation Freedmen's Bureau Ledger, 1867
Leek Plantation Freedman's Bureau ledger, 1867
Bound ledger listing the names of freedmen working at Leek's Plantation in eastern Pulaski County, Arkansas, as well as the amount of provisions, clothing, medicines, ginning, and interest advanced to them.
Six Military And Patriotic Illustrated Songs. Elaborately Colored. In A Novel Form. Series No. 1., Charles Magnus, John F. Poole, W. J. Florence, George P. Holt, Daniel Decatur Emmett, Tony Pastor, Dan Bryant
Six Military And Patriotic Illustrated Songs. Elaborately Colored. In A Novel Form. Series No. 1., Charles Magnus, John F. Poole, W. J. Florence, George P. Holt, Daniel Decatur Emmett, Tony Pastor, Dan Bryant
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection
This publication contains the lyrics to six songs, each accompanied by a color illustration, and an advertisement on the last page.
1. Our Grandfathers' Days
2. The Captain with his Whiskers
3. Want — A Substitute
4. Dixie's Land
5. Young American and ould Ireland
6. Kingdom Coming
Manuscript Deed Of Emancipation, Dated April 20, 1864, By William D. Gaylor, Holt County, Missouri, Freeing Charity And Emana Jane., William D. Gaylor
Manuscript Deed Of Emancipation, Dated April 20, 1864, By William D. Gaylor, Holt County, Missouri, Freeing Charity And Emana Jane., William D. Gaylor
Documents Related to Slavery
Know all men by these presents that
I William D Gaylor of the County of
Holt and State of Missouri for divers
good causes and considerations...
unto ..... do hereby emancipate and
set free my slave Charity aged 28 years
dark color Also my slave Emana Jane
aged... months of a yellow color and
I do hereby release and convey to the said
Charity and Emana Jane all my rights
bills and claims to their services hence
forth and forever Witness my hand
and seal this 30th day of April AD 1864
witnesses William D Gaylor seal
James Scott
John …
Receipt To C. Sareon For Loss Of His Slave, Hooker, To Employment In The Confederate Army, South Carolina. Columbia, February, 1864., South Carolina
Receipt To C. Sareon For Loss Of His Slave, Hooker, To Employment In The Confederate Army, South Carolina. Columbia, February, 1864., South Carolina
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection
Instrument indicating Sareon received $1250 from S.C. for having Hooker, his slave, build military fortifications in the state.
Runaway Slave Broadside From Clay County, Missouri, Dated July 14, 1860., Gideon Thompson
Runaway Slave Broadside From Clay County, Missouri, Dated July 14, 1860., Gideon Thompson
Documents Related to Slavery
RANAWAY
FROM the residence of the undersigned, one mile north of Barry, Clay county, Mis- souri, on the night of the 13th inst., a mulatto negro girl named
VERCILLA,
aged about 17 years, weighs about 135 lbs., and has a scar on her left jaw. ..A liberal reward will be given for the delivery of said negro girl to me, or her confinement so that I can get her
GIDEON THOMPSON. Clay Co., Mo., July 14, 1860.
Sworn Oath To Not Provide Liquor To Slaves; Liquor License., B. H. Teague, Aiken, Barnwell District, South Carolina
Sworn Oath To Not Provide Liquor To Slaves; Liquor License., B. H. Teague, Aiken, Barnwell District, South Carolina
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection
John F. Cutter attests to not provide or sell liquor to any slaves. Aiken, Barnwell District, South Carolina, 1859.
Manuscript Document Regarding Hiring Out Of Slaves By Dr. Robert M. Miller [From An Estate In Charleston, S.C.]. Dates Range From 1857 To 1859., Robert M. Miller
Manuscript Document Regarding Hiring Out Of Slaves By Dr. Robert M. Miller [From An Estate In Charleston, S.C.]. Dates Range From 1857 To 1859., Robert M. Miller
Documents Related to Slavery
Dr Robert M Miller guardian of Wm L
1857 Hire negroes due 1 January 1858
Joshua to to Capt Macklin $125
George to R Miller $115
Minerva to " $27
Hetty to Sol Harris $21
Salley to Wm J Culp $22.50
Mary to Wm Watson $14
Hire for 1857 due 1 Jan 58 $324.50 $324.50
1857 January 1 balance or ???
? return 8 ? 1857 $550.54
Int for 1 January 1857 to 1 Jan 1858 $108.53
$659.07 $659.07
$1993.57
Hire negroes yr 1858 due Jan 1859
Joshua to Joseph Ooss $125
George to Alex M Ilwain $95
Hetty to …
Manuscript, Partly Printed Document Authorizing The Seizure Of 2 Slaves, 3 Horses, 80 Head Of Cattle, And Sixty Head Of Hogs, In Payment Of A Debt Owed By William Garborough And Hugh Rusk To William A. Austin, Jackson County, Florida, Dated January 22, 1858., William A. Austin
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State of Florida Know all men by these presents that Jackson County We William Garbrough and Hugh Rusk bound unto William A Austin by the sum of two hundred dollars and ... cents for the payment whereof well and truly to be made. we bind, ourselves. our heirs. executors and administrators. jointly and severally. firmly by these presents. signed and sealed this twenty second day of January A.D.1858 THE CONDITION OF .THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH; that whereas James Griffin. Sheriff of Jackson County. by virtue of an execution in favor of the said William A. Austin against the said …
Instructions For The Court, 1856 June 8
Instructions For The Court, 1856 June 8
Arkansas-Missouri slave case records, 1849-1859
Andrew Estes v. Willis A.J. Clinton, the said defendant has requested the court consider prepared instructions.
The Heroic Slave, Frederick Douglass
The Heroic Slave, Frederick Douglass
Electronic Texts in American Studies
Frederick Douglass based this story on the real-life heroism of Madison Washington, who led the largest successful slave revolt in U.S. history in 1841. His story is told through the eyes and words of two white men. First, Mr. Listwell from Ohio sees Madison enslaved in Virginia, then a fugitive in Ohio, and finally a recaptured returnee bound from Richmond to the slave markets of New Orleans. Lastly, Tom Grant, the mate on the slave transport Creole, describes the ship’s takeover by its human cargo and its passage to the British Bahamas, where 128 men and women stepped out of …
Depositions Of Witnesses, 1851 January 16
Depositions Of Witnesses, 1851 January 16
Arkansas-Missouri slave case records, 1849-1859
Depositions of witnesses, William M. Dodson, Deverin Pully, James Winfrey, David Vaught, Thomas Morgan, and Lewis Brown, all residents in Camden County, Missouri, of the black family being taken from Mr. Andrew Estes. Testimony was sworn by Samuel Lain, J.P. and recorded by Thompson J. Kelly, Camden County clerk.
Writ Of Replevin, Andrew Estes V. Willis A.J. Clinton, 1850 August 30
Writ Of Replevin, Andrew Estes V. Willis A.J. Clinton, 1850 August 30
Arkansas-Missouri slave case records, 1849-1859
Writ of Replevin filed by Andrew Estes, Plaintiff v. Willis A.J. Clinton, defendant, wherein Andrew Estes complained that Willis A.J. Clinton had wrongfully taken the following decribed Negro Slaves: Milley, Bob, Angline, Sam, Betty, Malissa, and Ned. According the this writ, Mr. Estes recovered his property on August 30, 1850.