- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- Clerk`s report on sale of slaves
- Date of Original:
- 1850/1877
- Subject:
- Civil rights--Tennessee
African Americans
Civil rights movements - 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.
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.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. - 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:
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