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Bill of Sale for Enslaved Person Chloe, Charleston, South Carolina, March 4, 1847

Partially printed bill of sale, 8 x 13.25 inches, Charleston, South Carolina, March 4, 1847. Documents the sale of an enslaved woman named Chloe by Solomon Davis to Mary Kennedy for $430.00. The verso records the subsequent sale of Chloe by Kennedy to Henry Willis for $275.00 on September 1, 1847, with Thomas W. Mordecai witnessing the transaction as an officer of the court. This bill of sale highlights the involvement of Jewish slave traders in the American South.

Associated People/Businesses

Davis, Solomon
Mordecai, Thomas W.
Kennedy, Mary
Davis, Solomon / Mordecai, Thomas Whitlock

Geography

Charleston

Subjects

Slavery
Slave trade
Jews--United States

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 13, Folder 9