Z 1405.001
SLAVERY COLLECTION, ACCRETION


This artificial collection contains documents that relate to slavery in Mississippi. The bulk of the collection consists of estate inventories (mostly from Hinds County). These inventories generally contain name of slaves, age and assessed value. Of interest is a note written by "O Kibbe" requesting "a hundred dollars in small change" to "divide amongst the Negroes." The document is dated December 23, 1840.

Series I. Slave Documents. 21 items. 1805–1869. Box 1:

  • (folder 1) Inventory of the slaves divided among heirs from the estate of M. ALLEN. 1849. 1 item
  • (folder 2) A.L.S. from "O Kibbe" asking "Messrs. L. & Bennett" for "one hundred dollars in small change to divide amongst the negroes." 12/23/1840. 1 item
  • (folder 3) Receipt for payment of steamer freight and passage for "Negro Boy" to Baton Rouge, C. G. DAHLGREN. 1841. 1 item
  • (folder 4) Inventory of slaves divided among heirs from the estate of JOSHUA GOZA, Hinds County. 1844. 1 item
    • Inventory of sale of property from the estate of JOSHUA GOZA, Hinds County, 1844. 1 item
    • Document concerning runaway slave from the estate of JOSHUA GOZA, Hinds County, n.d. 1 item
  • (folder 5) Slaves for hire from estate of T. HEMPHILL. 1844. 1 item
  • (folder 6) Inventory of personal estate of EMMA L. LEWIS and THOMAS W. LEWIS, infants of P. V. LEWIS, deceased. 1852. 1 item
  • (folder 7) Authorization of appraisal of estate of WILLIAM MELLON, Hinds County. 1845. 1 item
    • Inventory of slaves from the estate of WILLIAM MELLON, Hinds County. 1845. 1 item
    • A list of sales from the estate of WILLIAM MELLON. 1833–34. 1 item
  • (folder 8) Value of slaves from the estate of JOHN MYRICH, Hinds County. 1 item
  • (folder 9) Inventory of the estate of DUGALD MCMILLAN, Amite County. 1858. 1 item
  • (folder 10) Inventory of the estate of MARTIN SIV(E)LEY, Hinds County, 1854. 1 item
    • Notice to court of the sale of a slave, and an attachment of the notice of auction of slaves from the estate of MARTIN SIVLEY, Hinds County. 1854. 1 item (2 pcs.)
  • (folder 11) Notice of sale of slaves from the estate of GEORGE SKIPWITH, Hinds County. 1855. 1 item
  • (folder 12) Bill of sale for purchase of slave "Jerre" from JOHN STEVENSON to JOHN SMITH. 1805. 1 item
    • Bill of sale for purchase of slave "Bridget" by DAVID SMITH. 1807. 1 item
  • (folder 13) Inventory of the estate of ASH THOMPSON, Madison County, Alabama. 1828. 1 item
  • (folder 14) Notice of auction of five slaves in Brownsville, Mississippi, from the estate of HEZ. WALKER, Hinds County. 1851. 1 item
  • (folder 15) Printed copy of Massachusetts Senate Bill #38, 1837, a resolution against the slave trade. 1837. 1 item