Bills of sale for John and Nancy, two enslaved children, sold by Maria Cohen, Levi Sheftall D'Lyon and James Hamilton :

Bills of sale for John and Nancy, two enslaved children, sold by Maria Cohen, Levi Sheftall D'Lyon and James Hamilton :

Consists of two bills of sale for John and Nancy, the enslaved "children of Eve", aged 6 and 8, respectively. John and Nancy were first sold by Maria Cohen, a "free black woman" and enslaver of Eve to Levi Sheftall D'Lyon, a judge in Savannah, Georgia, for "five hundred...

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Corporate Authors: American Slavery Documents Collection (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library), John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture
Other Authors: Cohen, Maria, 1779?- (enslaver), Lyon, Levi Sheftall d', 1790-1863 (buyer,, enslaver), Martin, Jim, active 1836?, Martin, John, 1829 or 1830-, Martin, Nancy, 1827 or 1828-
Format: Manuscript Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Martin, Jim, > active 1836?
Martin, John, > 1829 or 1830-
Martin, Nancy, > 1827 or 1828-
African American slaveholders > Georgia > Savannah
Bills of sale > Specimens
Enslaved children > Georgia > Savannah
Enslaved persons > Georgia > Savannah
Slave trade > Georgia > Savannah
Women slaveholders > Georgia > Savannah
Bills of sale
Child slaves
Enslaved people
Slave trade
Slaves
Georgia > Savannah
Specimens

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Call Number: RUB Bay 3341 Box 2 American Slavery Documents

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