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[Bill of Sale between William Haun, John Haun, and D. A. Lazer]
Bills of sale; Slaves--Kentucky--Lincoln County; Slavery--Kentucky--Lincoln County
Two-page bill of sale between William Haun, John Haun, and D. A. Lazer, regarding the slave Thomas, in Lexington County, Kentucky.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain black child named John]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of John, born October 8, 1811, to a 'black woman a slave named Trace' belonging to Manhattan teacher Thos. [Thomas] H. Finlay.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain female child named Margaret]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Margaret, born in August 1810, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Susan' belonging to widow Hannah Lewis of New York City.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain female child named Mary]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Mary, born January 1, 1808, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Isabel' belonging to New York City bookseller Samuel A. Burtus.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Charles]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Charles, born November 1, 1810, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Sarah' belonging to Samson Benson Junior of Harlem.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Dick]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Dick, born April 21, 1810, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Nance' belonging to New York City ship master James Gillender.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Frank]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Frank, born December 15, 1811, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Catharine' belonging to New York City merchant James D. Westervelt.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Harry]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Harry, born March 30, 1811, to a 'Mulatto Woman Slave named Tine' belonging to New York City physician Joseph Bayley.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Henry]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Henry, born November 30, 1811, to a 'Woman Slave named Dinah' belonging to New York City sexton Samuel DeGroodt.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Peter and a certain male child named John]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Peter, born May 1, 1807, and John, born November 10, 1811, to a 'mulatto woman slave named Catharine' belonging to New York City teacher Charle [Charles] D. Piron.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Peter]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Peter, born February 7, 1811, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Bett' belonging to New York City stock broker Leonard Bleecker.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Samuel]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Samuel, born September 20, 1810, to a 'Woman Slave named Rachel' belonging to New York City merchant Gabriel Havens.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a certain mulatto child named Charles]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Charles, born 'on or about' April 15, 1811, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Rose' belonging to New York City minister of gospel William Parkinson.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of a female black child called Cornelia]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Cornelia, born in January 1811, to a 'servant called Peg' belonging to Thomas Stagg of New York City.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of Henry Moore]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Henry Moore, born September 20, 1811, to the female slave Marian Moore belonging to Harriet [Henrietta] Clarkson, widow of New York City merchant Freeman Clarkson.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Birth certificate of two childrenone named John and the other named Henry]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of John and Henry, born January 10, 1811, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Mande' belonging to New York City shipwright Richard Platt.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Circular for The Liberator]
Abolitionists--United States; Antislavery movements--United States; Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--Boston; Slavery--Massachusetts--Boston
Four-page circular for distribution to readers of The Liberator, soliciting donations and additional subscribers. Includes quotes of praise from several well-known abolitionists, such as Gerrit Smith and George Thompson.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Document confirming that a male named Jack is a slave]
Slaves--Kentucky--Harrison County; Slavery--Kentucky--Harrison County
Two-page legal document explaining that a black boy named Jack, upon being examined, disclosed that he is a slave and that he has disobeyed his master by playing cards instead of attending to his master's business. The documents officially counts...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Draft of letter from L. Spooner to Bradburn]
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--United States
Draft of an eight-page letter dated January 20, 1847, from [Lysander Spooner in Winchendon, Massachusetts] to George Bradburn discussing general news of the abolitionist movement and the progress of his writing of a work called "Poverty" and...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

[Form letter soliciting donations for Captain Drayton]
Abolitionists--United States; Antislavery movements--United States; Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--Boston; Slavery--Massachusetts--Boston
Form letter from Francis Jackson and others requesting donations for the financial support of Captain [Daniel] Drayton while visiting in Boston.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

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