1828-01-01, Jenny, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)

Item

Title

1828-01-01, Jenny, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)

Description

White enslaver John Hartwell Cocke contracted Jenny's labor to Captain Winn along with eleven additional enslaved persons in 1828.

Event Type

Commercial transaction: Enslaved hire

Action Status

Potential

Date

1828-01-01

Source

John Hartwell Cocke Papers, 1725-1949, MSS 640, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia

Primary Participant

134

Freedom Status

Enslaved

Enslaver

John Hartwell Cocke

Hirer

John Winn