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Slave trade -- Kentucky

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Kentucky slave dealer receipt book (transcription)

 Collection
Identifier: c-00087
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a typewritten transcription of a Kentucky slave dealer's receipt book and a photocopy of the book's first page. The transcription records the information written into the blank spaces on the printed receipts. The photocopy shows the placement of that information and the form of the receipts.The dealer used the book to record sales of slaves in Fayette County, Kentucky over a three-year period (1851-1853). The receipt list the name of the slave sold,...
Dates: 1851 - 1853