Include slave bill of sale, 1796, Fairfax, Va.; slave bills of sale, 1802-1827, for Harford and Baltimore counties and Baltimore, Md.; manumission papers, 1802, 1825, for African-Americans of Baltimore, Md.; printed notice, 1827, of auction sale of property and slaves, Amelia County, Va.; and printed slave bills of sale, 1851-1852, Louisiana. Also include inventory and appraisals, 1837, for slaves of Andrew E. Wells' estate, Laurens County, Ga., with accompanying court records; inventory, ca. 1840, of slaves, and property of James M. Smith's estate; letter,1862, from Robert C.J. Waters, Baltimore, Md., concerning advertisement for a fugitive slave; list, ca. 1863, of African-Americans living on Mulberry Island, Va., compiled by union soldiers; and receipt, 1864, for slaves impressed by Confederate States of America, in Charleston, S.C.
