Receipt for the sale of an enslaved eleven year old boy named John
date: label: Date
content: August 19, 1856
name: label: Written by
content: S. G. Boyden, American
label: Signed by
content: Edmund Honeycutt, American, 1824 - 1907
label: Signed by
content: Henry T. Lentz, American, 1820 - 1869
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: Receipt for the sale of an enslaved boy named John, dated 1856. The document has been handwritten in brown iron gall ink on off-white laid rag paper. The document reads: [Receive of S.G. Boyden / Seven hundred & twelve dollars / & fifty cents for a Negro Boy / about Eleven years of age named John / which Boy I warrant state found in / Body and Mind & no defect in title / also a slave for life. / August 19th 1856]. It is signed [Edmund Honeycutt (seal)] at the bottom right and [Witnyss / HT Lents] at the bottom left. Handwritten on the back of the document is [Bill Sale / E. Honeycutt / Boy John / $712.50]. The document has been folded previously into vertical thirds with an additional a horizontal fold about 1” from the bottom and there are indications of an embossed seal or stamp in the upper left hand corner.
place: label: Place used
content: Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Rowan County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Domestic slave trade
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, A gift of the Trustees of Memorial Hall Library, Andover
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.34
objectType: label: Type
content: receipts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: iron gall ink on laid rag paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7 11/16 × 7 5/16 in. (19.5 × 18.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Frame): 10 × 12 1/4 × 3/4 in. (25.4 × 31.1 × 1.9 cm)