Title:: Mississippi Slave Indenture 18551855

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Mississippi Slave Indenture, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
1.00
Creator:
arrangement
Abstract:
Slave indenture; 23 Feb. 1855; conveying six-year old African-American girl, Martha (daughter of Charles and Sarah) from Charles Story Newell, Copiah County, Mississippi to Mary Jane Ellis, also of Copiah County.
Language:
The papers are in: English
Preferred citation:

Mississippi Slave Indenture, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Slave indenture; 23 Feb. 1855; conveying six-year old African-American girl, Martha (daughter of Charles and Sarah) from Charles Story Newell, Copiah County, Mississippi to Mary Jane Ellis, also of Copiah County.

Acquisition information:
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center from Virginia Nelson Anding La Charite on 04/28/2002.
Processing information:

Processed by Ellen Strong in 2002.