Receipt for the Sale of 7 Enslaved Persons

Authors

Alexander C. McEwen

Files

Description

Receipt for the sale from Alexander C. and Eliza M. McEwen to their daughter Elizabeth M. Featherston of seven enslaved persons named Julia Ann, Cornelius, Ilay Ann, Ellen, John, William, and Frances.

ISBN

MUM00181_featherston_b1_f31_001

Publication Date

9-1-1858

Relational Format

archival material

City

Marshall (Miss.)

Keywords

Enslaved persons ; Slaveholders ; Plantation owners ; Slavery -- Mississippi ; Slavery -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources

Comments

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Recommended Citation

McEwen, Alexander C., "Receipt for the Sale of 7 Enslaved Persons" (1858). Lantern Project. 52.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/lanternproject/52

Original Format

receipt

Original Collection

Featherston Collection, Archives & Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Rights

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