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Slaves of Richard H. Dickinson, Virginia

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Transcribed documents between Richmond slave dealers Dickinson, Hill & Co., and S.R. Fondren.[1]

Document One

Baltimore April 7th 1856

Dickinson Hill & Co

Gentlemen
I find you
5 Little Negroes which you
will please sell

George
Louisa
Ann
Mary
Tony

I have some girls with
one child which I would sell if there a demand
for
B M Campbell

Document Two

Vicksburg Novem the 19th 1857

Mr S. R. Fondren

Dear Sir I received yours
of the 10th this morning In which you say
you have not received a letter from me since the
19th of last month I must confess that I have
been a little neglectful in writing to you
but it was on account of the dull times I have
had no sales to report nor nothing interesting
But I will hereafter write a few lines to
you every day anyway with a failure If
Edwards has done any thing with Merrit &
Brother they have kept it very close for I
Have not herd any thing about it I don't believe
there is but three traders in town at present
Wash Bolton is here with twenty five
I don't know exactly how many Merrit has
about thirty though I think Mr Crystopher
has gone out to Browen to get Oron his
for the Southern Railroad Board with all his
negroes Mr Hooper Swoped the girl Sarah
which we got from Boyd to Gordon Smith
for a woman about thirty years old and
got five hundred dollers in the trade your
Brother and Mr Bolton have a notion of
going up the river about sixty miles with
sixty negroes thirty men and thirty women
there is an old farmer up that far that wants
to buy that number nothing more at present
your Brother and family are well 'Mr Hooper
and family also. your truly

Coolly Mann

Turn Over

Document Three

Your Brother reported the trade with Mr Sims he swoped Claira for a man and go one hundred dollars difference

Men

Name Value
Peter the Bolton man 1200
Bill Byrant 1440
Jim Peachy 825
William the ? Mr Boyd man 1350
Henry 1350
Nelson Dunlap 1350
Jacob 1400
John Moses 1325
Robert Smothers 1320
John Turner wife and child 2100
John Hurst morn 1250
Henry Allen 1310
Frank Homer 1275
Jeff Hall 1276
George Page 1205
Eaton returned by Willson 1150
John Woodruff 1554
Bobb Carson 1250
Burwell Stewart 1175
John Pits 1106
Heartwell Megan 800
Dean 705
Winfield Sims man 1000
Sampson Finey 1300
Kitt 0
Rukin Black Smith 13500
William Black 900
Jim Cunigam 200

Women

Name Value
Pinky Johnston 2000
Hellen 1605
Sarah Sloan 1500
Mary the Doctor Boyd woman 0
Liza Cooper 1175
Robecker 0
Patsy Hurt girl 750
Julia 806
Alice 725
Elizabeth 0
Katy 0
Louisa child got in trade of Mariah 0
Mary Jane Wiseman girl 1200
Martha 765

Don't know the rest of those that I have left unmarked.

[end of document]

Sources

  1. Correspondence archive of the Richmond slave dealers Dickinson, Hill & Co., and S.R. Fondren. Document on Auction by Swann Galleries - Sale 2631, Lot 16. https://web.archive.org/web/20230330092750/https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/(SLAVERY--ABOLITION)-Correspondence-archive-of-the-Richmond-?saleno=2631&lotNo=16&refNo=803131




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