Bond for the hire of enslaved man named Harry by the Virginia Central Railroad
date: label: Date
content: 1852
name: label: Created by
content: Virginia Central Railroad Company, 1850 - 1868
notes: label: Description
content: Bond dated 1852 from Virginia Central Railroad Company promising to pay $100 to Robert King of Albemarle [Virginia?] "for the hire of Negro Harry" "to be employed on the Virginia Central Railroad, and to be returned well clothed in the usual way and with a Hat and Blanket." Signed: "[?] Fontaine", Pres't" Many inscriptions on reverse indicating the bond was cashed.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family 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, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.51.15
objectType: label: Type
content: labor and material bonds
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
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: 3 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. (7.9 x 17.1 cm)