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[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. A group of 6 estate documents listing individual enslaved persons, most by name. Bourbon County, KY, 1815-1829.
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Cincinnati
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[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. A group of 6 estate documents listing individual enslaved persons, most by name. Bourbon County, KY, 1815-1829.


Manuscript appraisement document for the "slaves & Personal Estate of Martha McConnell." Bourbon County, KY, April 1814. 3 1/4 pages, 7 3/4 x 12 7/8 in. (creasing, separations to creases, staining, ink fading). Docketed verso. Nine enslaved persons are listed at the beginning of the document, including "1 Negroe Winch named Lucy," "1 ditto named Sarah & young child," "1 young ditto named Milley," "1 ditto named Mary," "1 Negroe Boy named Charles," "1 Girl named Cinthy," "1 Boy named Ned," and "1 Ditto named David."

Manuscript inventory of the estate of Serrat Dickerson (also spelled Dickinson). Bourbon County, KY, 1 November 1815. 3 1/4 pages, 8 x 10 in. (creased, 5 1/2 in. tear to back page, other lesser separations at creases and chipping to edges, discoloration). Docketed verso. Seven enslaved persons are listed by name, including a man named George, a boy named Sam, a woman named Phillis, a woman named Hess, a woman named Keria[?], a boy named Ius[?], and a boy named Len.

Manuscript inventory of the property of Elizabeth Kiplinger. Bourbon County, KY, 2 February 1829. One page, 7 3/4 x 13 in. (creasing, few stains, wear to edges and corners). Docketed verso. An enslaved young girl named Malinda is recorded as being "about five years old, valued at...$168.00 / not hired out because she is too young."

And 3 other manuscript estate documents from Bourbon County, KY including an appraisement of the estate of Samuel Scott (1815), an appraisement of the "slaves & personal Estate of Ann Clark" (1814), and an "Inventory of the Propert[y] of Margret [sic] Coil" (1828).

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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