Contract for the Sale of an Enslaved Woman, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, May 2, 1853
A two-page manuscript contract detailing the sale of an enslaved woman named Katy from Daniel M. Patterson of Jefferson County, Mississippi, to Benjamin Weil of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. The contract, witnessed by Dr. Wellington W. Carter and Abraham Frank, was executed before Notary Public C.D. Strickland Jr. on May 2, 1853, in Greensburg, Louisiana. The sale price was $500.