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American Slavery Manuscript Collection

A small accumulation of unrelated manuscripts with a bearing on North American slavery. Many of the documents gathered in this collection are either slave bills of sale or estate inventories that include slaves. Seven are from Kentucky, including several from Madison County. The collection also includes several personal letters and a sample of the Arabic hand of Abd al-Rahman Ibrahima, a freed slave who achieved a measure of fame during a tour of the Northeast in 1828.

Metadata

Date
1771-1864
Material Type
Mixed Materials
Genre/Physical Characteristic
Bills of sale
Dimensions
1 container and 1 flat storage container
Language
English
Identifier
/repositories/3/resources/1537
Campus Location
Rare Books & Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection
Copyright Status
not in copyright
Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user

Subject
Slavery -- Kentucky -- History -- 19th century
Slavery -- History -- United States -- 19th century -- Sources
Ibrahima, Abd al-Rahman, 1762-1829
Link to Finding Aid
https://archivesspace.library.nd.edu/repositories/3/resources/1537
This digital collection may not include all items or all of the information available about the source collection. See the finding aid for more information.
Contact Us

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