Receipt for $1,000 Signed John Sefton of St. Louis County, Missouri, April 24, 1839

RECEIPT FOR $1,000 SIGNED JOHN SEFTON OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI, APRIL 24, 1839
Item sets
Digital Public History Class
Women of 18th and 19th Century America
St. Louis Topic: Slavery
Title
Receipt for $1,000 Signed John Sefton of St. Louis County, Missouri, April 24, 1839
Description
For the sale of a 45-year-old Negro woman named Vilot (alias Violett) and all of her children to William W. Greene and Augustus R. Chouteau of St. Louis County, Missouri. This being the same family of negroes for which four suits are now depending in the circuit court of St. Louis County in the name of Henry Dodge, administrator of Israel Dodge, deceased, the first against Margaret S. McNair, the second against Charles DeWard, the third against Thomas Hensley, and the fourth against Joseph S. Buchannon.
Creator
Sefton, John
Subject
Slaves, Slaveholders, Slavery, African Americans, Women
Date
1839
Format
Paper Materials
Identifier
1839-04-24
Medium
Item, Receipt
Source
Missouri Historical Society, Photos and Prints Department
Media
RECEIPT FOR $1,000 SIGNED JOHN SEFTON OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI, APRIL 24, 1839RECEIPT FOR $1,000 SIGNED JOHN SEFTON OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI, APRIL 24, 1839