Contract with Andrew C. Barnett to move enslaved people and property to Louisiana, 1839

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Title: Contract with Andrew C. Barnett to move enslaved people and property to Louisiana, 1839
Creator: Smith, William, 1762-1840
Abstract: Manuscript contract, signed, in the hand of William Smith, between Smith and Andrew C. Barnett, for relocation of one hundred sixty enslaved African American plantation workers and farming property owned by Smith from his plantations in Alabama to his plantations in Louisiana
Description: William Smith (1762-1840), plantation owner and member of the Alabama House of Representatives, 1836-1840.
In English.
Provenance: Purchased from William Reese Co. (Swann Galleries' sale, 2011 March 10, lot 18) on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2011.
Extent: 1 32 cm item (1 p.) ;
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Legal documents Louisiana 19th century
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Alabama.
Louisiana.
Louisiana
United States
Subject (Name): Barnett, Andrew C.
Smith, William, 1762-1840.
Subject (Topic): African Americans
Farmers
Slavery
History
Economic conditions
Social life and customs
Politics and government
Subjects: Barnett, Andrew C.
Smith, William, 1762-1840
African Americans > Alabama
African Americans > Louisiana
Farmers > Louisiana
Slavery > Alabama
Slavery > Louisiana
Louisiana > History > 1803-1865
United States > Economic conditions > 19th century
United States > Social life and customs > 19th century
United States > Politics and government > 19th century
Louisiana > 19th century

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Citation: William Smith, Contract with Andrew C. Barnett to Move Enslaved People and Property to Louisiana. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.