Letter to M. C. Taylor from T. Heatherly regarding the slave trade
date: label: Date
content: December 19, 1840
name: label: Received by
content: M. C. Taylor
label: Written by
content: T. Heatherly
notes: label: Description
content: This letter was written in Richmond, Virginia, on December 19, 1840 by T. Heatherly to Doctor M. C. Taylor in Richmond, Kentucky. The letter details Heatherly's trip by ship and rail from Charleston, South Carolina, to Richmond, Virginia. He speaks about an acquaintance who lost money through a crooked card game. At the end of the letter he lists current price ranges for young adult enslaved men and young adult enslaved women and notes, "young women are fetching a better price than any other description." He continues, "I think of dealing in women and children tho it will be very hard to get them home," meaning taking them from Virginia to Kentucky. The paper is folded in half with the letter written on the right hand side and continuing onto both sides of the reverse. The address is written on the left hand front side with a postmark dated December 21 in Richmond, Virginia.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place used
content: Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, 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: Correspondence
label: Topic
content: Domestic slave trade
label: Topic
content: Fancy Girl trade
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Women
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.174.3.4
objectType: label: Type
content: letters (correspondence)
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 7/8 × 15 5/8 in. (25.1 × 39.7 cm)