1855-10-23, Charlotte, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
Item
- Title
- 1855-10-23, Charlotte, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
- Description
- Charlotte was trafficked and sold by white enslaver Burns (given name unknown) for $700 and claimed in ownership by white enslaver and University of Virginia professor John Staige Davis, October 23, 1855. This event is recorded in a bill of sale in the Papers of John Staige Davis, MSS 1912/MSS 2842.
- Event Type
- Freedom status transaction: Sale
- Action Status
- Completed
- Date
- 1855-10-23
- Primary Participant
- Charlotte
- Freedom Status
- Enslaved
- Enslaver
- John Staige Davis
- Buyer
- John Staige Davis
- Seller
- Burns