Title

Receipt for the Sale of a 16-Year-Old Negro Slave Named Lucy, from Antoine Chenie of St. Louis County, January 1814

Description

Sells Lucy to Joseph Brazeaux (son of Louis Brazeaux). Chenie purchased Lucy from Jacob Bollinger at Ste. Genevieve the previous October.

Creator

Chenie, Antoine Louis, 1768-1842

Subject

Slaveholders

Enslaved Persons

Slavery

African Americans

Black St. Louis History and Experience

Black and African American History

Temporal Coverage

1814

Date

1814-01

Format

Paper Materials

Identifier

D01692

Medium

Item, Receipt

Source

Missouri Historical Society, Photos and Prints Department