- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- Clerk`s report on sale of slaves
- Date of Original:
- 1850/1877
- Subject:
- Civil rights
Civil rights movements--Tennessee
Political science - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
United States, Tennessee, Knox County, 35.99322, -83.93709
United States, Tennessee, Knox County, Knoxville, 35.96064, -83.92074 - Medium:
- reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- This case is between A.E. Wilkins (plaintiff) vs. Margaret Wilkins and others (defendants) over the sale of seven slaves: Bob, Harry Sr., Hank, Eliza, Amanda, John and Harry Jr. These individuals were sold for a total price of $2470 U.S. dollars, with $700 dollars in Confederate notes. William Craig, Clerk of the Knox County Court signed the document on July 6, 1863.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher.
Slaves--Tennessee--Genealogy -- Slave trade--Tennessee--History--19th century--Sources -- Slaveholders--Tennessee--Knoxville--History--19th century --Sources -- African-Americans -- Civil and Human Rights -- Trade, Business, and Industry -- Court records - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A5577
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Digital Collection: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee: A Grassroots Approach to Volunteer Voices
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
