Will of Joseph Rickett leaving enslaved individuals to his brother
date: label: Date
content: September 23, 1736
name: label: Written by
content: Joseph Rickett, British, died 1737
label: Subject of
content: Edward Rickett
label: Signed by
content: Samuel Hoskins, British, 1713 - 1761
label: Signed by
content: Samuel Watkins, British, died 1743
label: Signed by
content: Joseph MacEnnery
notes: label: Caption
content: This is a will dated September 23, 1736 from the Caribbean Island of Antigua. Within it, Joseph Rickett grants his brother, Edward his belongings, amongst them, the enslaved individuals he owns.
label: Description
content: A handwritten will for Joseph Rickett of Antigua dated September 23, 1736. The right side of the front of the document is a formal will written by Joseph Rickett granting his brother his [money Depts goods Houses Lands negroes and claims].
label: Description
content: The middle quadrant on the left side of the document states [Recorded in the Secrys Office of Antigua this 14 July 1737] and has an illegible signature beneath this statement.
label: Description
content: On the upper portion on the back of the document Samuel Hoskins and Joseph MacEnnery signed as witnesses to the signing, sealing, and delivering of this document. Joseph Rickett signed to left of these signatures.
label: Description
content: Beneath this is a legal binding agreement signed by Samuel Watkins and Joseph MacEnnery.
label: Description
content: This document has been previously folded once lengthwise, and twice widthwise, showing four separate vertical quadrants on each side of the document.
label: Description
content: The upper left quadrant of the verso has scattered deep red stains.
place: label: Place used
content: Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: England, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: British colonialism
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.1.225
objectType: label: Type
content: wills
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: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (folded): 12 5/16 × 7 11/16 in. (31.3 × 19.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (unfolded): 12 5/16 × 15 1/8 in. (31.3 × 38.4 cm)