1828-01-01, Unidentified Child (Referred to as "her [Polly's] child"), Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)

Title: 1828-01-01, Unidentified Child (Referred to as "her [Polly's] child"), Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
Description: White enslaver John Hartwell Cocke planned to contract an unidentified enslaved child (referred to as "her [Polly's] child") to labor for Captain Winn along with eleven additional enslaved persons in 1828. This event is recorded in a manuscript found in the John Hartwell Cocke Papers, MSS 640.
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: Unidentified Child (Referred to as "her [Polly's] child")
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver: John Hartwell Cocke
Hirer: John Winn