SLAVE COLLECTION (P.C. 1629)
Collection of original and photocopies documents relating to slavery in North Carolina.
Includes deeds of gift and bills of sale for slaves, permission for slaves to marry, court
cases relating to murder trials and reimbursement of owners for executed slaves, documents
relating to the insurrection conspiracy in Bertie County (1802), letters and petitions
concerning the emancipation of individual slaves, and documents relating to free blacks
wanting to reside in North Carolina.
