1858-01-21, Claiborne, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)

Title: 1858-01-21, Claiborne, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
Description: White enslaver Richard Whitlock trafficked and sold Claiborne on January 21, 1858. Claiborne was purchased for $200 and claimed in ownership by white enslaver and University of Virginia professor John Staige Davis. This event is recorded in a bill of sale in the John Staige Davis Papers, MSS 3247.
Event Type: Freedom status transaction: Sale
Action Status: Completed
Date: 1858-01-21
Source: Papers of John Staige Davis, 1839-1885, MSS 3247, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
Primary Participant: Claiborne
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver: John Staige Davis
Buyer: John Staige Davis
Seller: Richard Whitlock