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A bill of transfer for an enslaved African American man named Lindsey from Samuel L. Lattimore of Washington Parish, Louisiana, to Nathaniel Amacker of St. Helena Parish : manuscript signed
Title
A bill of transfer for an enslaved African American man named Lindsey from Samuel L. Lattimore of Washington Parish, Louisiana, to Nathaniel Amacker of St. Helena Parish : manuscript signed.
Production
St. Helena Parish, Louisiana : S.B. Draughon, 1848 August 5.
Physical Description
1 item ([4] pages) : paper; 32 x 40 cm folded to 32 x 20 cm.
Language
English
Local Notes
Lillian Goldman Law Library Rare36 22-0011 copy purchased from David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Book LLC, in October, 2021.
Hicks classification: MssA L349 no.1 tall.
Notes
Bibliographic description partially based on the information provided by the book dealer.
Title devised by the cataloger.
Manuscript written neatly in ink in cursive.
Document signed on unnumbered page 2 by James L. Lattimore and Nathanial Amacker, sworn and attested by S.B. Droughan, recorder. Folded for recording and docketed on unnumbered page 4.
Text begins: "The State of Louisiana, Parish of St. Helena. Be it known and remembered that on this fifth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight before me S.B. Draughon ... "
In English.
Biographical / Historical Note
James Lea Lattimore (1812-1851), the enslaver and seller, was born in Mississippi and moved to Louisiana where he became a school teacher. He was the son of Dr. William Lattimore (1774-18430, U.S. Representative from Mississippi Territory for the 8th, 9th, 13th and 14th Congresses.
Nathanial Amacker (1811-1881) was a farmer in St. Helena Parish.
Shephard B. Draughon was a notary public and justice of peace for St. Helena Parish for many years.
Summary
Bill of transfer from James L. Lattimore to Nathaniel Amacker for an enslaved man named Lindsey, which was filed in the office of S.B. Draughon Recorder on August 5th, 1848. The enslaved man is described in the document as "a negro man named Lindsey of griff-complexion aged about 58 years." According to the enslaver parlance of the day, a man of "griff-complexion" was a light-skinned African American.
Variant and related titles
Docket title: A transfer from James L. Lattimore to Nathanial Amacker of slave Lindsey.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
July 19, 2022
Subjects
Genre/Form
Bills of sale.
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