Receipt for the Sale of an Enslaved Person, Savannah, Georgia, September 2, 1832

Printed receipt for the sale of an enslaved person named Bella, age 11, for $940. The receipt is signed by M. Cohen and dated September 2, 1832, in Savannah, Georgia. This document offers valuable insight into the little-documented practice of Jewish involvement in the slave trade in the antebellum South.

Associated People/Businesses

• Cohen, M.

Geography

• Savannah

Subjects

• Slavery
• Slave trade
• African Americans

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 2