Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/888 Title 1830-08-28, Unnamed, Female, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale) Description An enslaved woman and her two children were sold by William Letcher Mitchell. Partial Transcript: "Negroes for sale: will be sold at public out-cry, on Saturday the 28th at my store; a Negro Woman accustomed to house business, with her two children, one about eight years old, the other eighteen months." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/476 Freedom status transaction: Sale Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1830-08-28 Location 525 Source 743 Issue August 24, 1830; Page 3 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Seller 524 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/887 Title 1830-03-02, Ned, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale) Description Ned, an enslaved boy, was purchased by University of Georgia alumnus William Mitchell due to a foreclosure. Partial Transcript: "One Negro Boy by the name of Ned, about nine years of age: levied on as the property of William Mitchell, issued on the foreclosure of a mortgage, in favor of Stevens Thomas versus William Mitchell." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/476 Freedom status transaction: Sale Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1830-03-02 Location 860 Source 743 Issue March 2, 1830; Page 3 Primary Participant 886 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Age 9 years old Buyer 885 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/865 Title 1850-10-31, Unnamed, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale) Description Approximately fifteen enslaved people that were owned by a University of Georgia alumnus, William Wesley Anderson, were sold after Anderson's death as part of his estate. Partial Transaction: "Agreeably to an order from the Court of Ordinary of Clarke county... 15 or more negroes, belonging to the estate of William W. Anderson, deceased. Amongst the negroes are five house servants, good washers and ironers; likely boys, and one of the best tanners, curriers, and finishers in the State." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/476 Freedom status transaction: Sale Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1850-10-31 Location 860 Source 863 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85027042/1850-11-07/ed-1/seq-3/ Issue November 7, 1850; Page 3 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Seller 864 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/862 Title 1833-06-01, Anderson, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale) Description Anderson, an enslaved boy, was purchased by James Whitehead. Partial Transcript: "[The following] will be sold before the Court House door in the Town of Watkinsville, Clark County... All the right, title, and interest of James T. Whitehead in and to three Negroes [including]: Celia, a woman about 19 years of age; Lucy, a woman about 17 years of age, and Anderson, a boy about two years of age: levied on as the property of James T. Whitehead." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/476 Freedom status transaction: Sale Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1833-06-01 Location 860 Source 847 Issue June 1, 1833; Page 3 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014069/1833-06-01/ed-1/seq-3/ Issue June 1, 1833; Page 3 Related Event 861 859 Primary Participant 858 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Age 2 years old Buyer 855 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/861 Title 1833-06-01, Lucy, Female, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale) Description Lucy, an enslaved woman, was purchased by James Whitehead. Partial Transcript: "[The following] will be sold before the Court House door in the Town of Watkinsville, Clark County... All the right, title, and interest of James T. Whitehead in and to three Negroes [including]: Celia, a woman about 19 years of age; Lucy, a woman about 17 years of age, and Anderson, a boy about two years of age: levied on as the property of James T. Whitehead." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/476 Freedom status transaction: Sale Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1833-06-01 Location 860 Source 847 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014069/1833-06-01/ed-1/seq-3/ Issue June 1, 1833; Page 3 Related Event 859 861 Primary Participant 857 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Age 17 years old Buyer 855 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/859 Title 1833-06-01, Celia, Female, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale) Description Celia, an enslaved woman, was purchased by James Whitehead. Partial Transcript: "[The following] will be sold before the Court House door in the Town of Watkinsville, Clark County... All the right, title, and interest of James T. Whitehead in and to three Negroes [including]: Celia, a woman about 19 years of age; Lucy, a woman about 17 years of age, and Anderson, a boy about two years of age: levied on as the property of James T. Whitehead." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/476 Freedom status transaction: Sale Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1833-06-01 Location 860 Source 847 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014069/1833-06-01/ed-1/seq-3/ Issue June 1, 1833; Page 3 Related Event 861 862 Primary Participant 856 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Age 19 years old Buyer 855 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/845 Title 1860-10-25, Maria, Female, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale) Description Maria, an enslaved woman, are her child were sold by Joseph Alexander Kenney after his father's death. Partial Transaction: "The Negroes belonging to the estate of James Kenney, deceased, [are] Lucy, a woman, Rody, a woman, Maria, a girl about 18 or 19 years of age, and her boy child. Sold for the benefit of [Joseph A. Kenney]." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/476 Freedom status transaction: Sale Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1860-10-25 Location 525 Source 839 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014669/1860-11-22/ed-1/seq-4/ Issue November 22, 1860; Page 4 Related Event 844 843 Primary Participant 842 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Age 18 or 19 years old Author 714 Seller 838 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/844 Title 1860-10-25, Rody, Female, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale) Description Rody, an enslaved woman, was sold by Joseph Alexander Kenney after his father's death. Partial Transaction: "The Negroes belonging to the estate of James Kenney, deceased, [are] Lucy, a woman, Rody, a woman, Maria, a girl about 18 or 19 years of age, and her boy child. Sold for the benefit of [Joseph A. Kenney]." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/476 Freedom status transaction: Sale Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1860-10-25 Location 525 Source 839 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014669/1860-11-22/ed-1/seq-4/ Issue November 22, 1860; Page 4 Related Event 843 845 Primary Participant 841 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Author 714 Seller 838 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/843 Title 1860-10-25, Lucy, Female, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale) Description Lucy, an enslaved woman, was sold by Joseph Alexander Kenney after his father's death. Partial Transaction: "The Negroes belonging to the estate of James Kenney, deceased, [are] Lucy, a woman, Rody, a woman, Maria, a girl about 18 or 19 years of age, and her boy child. Sold for the benefit of [Joseph A. Kenney]." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/476 Freedom status transaction: Sale Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1860-10-25 Location 525 Source 839 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014669/1860-11-22/ed-1/seq-4/ Issue November 22, 1860; Page 4 Related Event 844 845 Primary Participant 840 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Author 714 Seller 838 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/834 Title 1844-02-16, Cuffee, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale) Description Cuffee was sold from the Athens Manufacturing Company. Partial Transcript: "Resolved, that the negroes Ezekiel, wife and children, and Cuffee... be advertised for sale." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/476 Freedom status transaction: Sale Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1844-02-16 Location 525 Source 825 Primary Participant 945 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Author 524 Seller 826 Organization 826 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/832 Title 1844-02-16, Ezekiel, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale) Description Ezekiel and his family were sold from the Athens Manufacturing Company. Partial Transcript: "Resolved, that the negroes Ezekiel, wife and children... be advertised for sale." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/476 Freedom status transaction: Sale Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1844-02-16 Location 525 Source 825 Primary Participant 829 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Author 828 Seller 826 Organization 826 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/785 Title 1863, Unnamed, Freedom Stratus Transaction (Emancipation) Description Henry Hull freed his servants after the Emancipation Proclamation. As a result, young men left, but older men stayed with their families on the Hull plantation. Partial Transcript: "My father called up the hands on the plantation and told them they were now free and must take care of themselves ; if they chose they might remain on the place until they should decide what to do. The effect was curious. The younger men left at once to enjoy their new found freedom with a happy-go-lucky lack of forethought, not knowing where they were to get their suppers. The men with families remained." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/471 Freedom status transaction: Emancipation Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1863 Date Certainty https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/550 Approximate Location 525 Source 619 https://archive.org/details/annalsofathens00hull/page/291/mode/2up Page 291 Related Event 739 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/555 Transition Enslaver 620 Author 618 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/784 Title 1860, Unnamed, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Transfer) Description Henry Hull gave his son, Augustus Hull, a young enslaved man. Partial Transcript: "A young negro who had been given to me by my father always looked forward to the time when he should go with me to the army." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/477 Freedom status transaction: Transfer Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1860 Date Certainty https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/550 Approximate Location 525 Source 619 Page 289 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Buyer 618 Seller 620 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/739 Title 1865, Billy Hull, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Emancipation) Description Billy was freed after the Civil War, but insisted on sticking with his master, Henry Hull, for support. Partial Transcript: "Old Billy insisted on sticking to his master who supported him, and took to making tubs and buckets for ready cash to buy his dram and tobacco." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/471 Freedom status transaction: Emancipation Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1865 Date Certainty https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/551 Inferred Location 525 Source 619 Page 292 Primary Participant 703 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/554 Free Author 618 Additional Participant 620 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/735 Title 1832, Unnamed, Freedom Status Transaction (Transfer) Description Five enslaved persons were transferred from Ann Wingfield Hull to her son Henry Hull. Partial Transcript: "My father inherited five negroes from his mother. They were all of one family, about his own age and lived with him for sixty years." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/477 Freedom status transaction: Transfer Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1832 Date Certainty https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/550 Approximate Location 525 Source 619 Page 287 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Author 618 Buyer 620 Seller Ann Wingfield Hull -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/733 Title 1860, Bart, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale) Description Bart, an enslaved man owned by Henry Hull that worked on the plantation, was sold to John [possibly John Linton] after request per Bart. Partial Transcript: "Bart, one of the plantation hands, came in one night on a pass (every negro had a pass at night to escape arrest and detention)... and said, "Mas Henry, I've had a fuss with my daddy, and I can't stay on the plantation no longer wid him. I want you to sell me." - When Bart came back he said : "Mas' John says he'll buy me." "Mas' John" was my brother in law. So Bart was sold to him and made him a faithful servant until he was freed." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/476 Freedom status transaction: Sale Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1860 Date Certainty https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/552 Questionable Location 525 Cause 734 Source 619 https://archive.org/details/annalsofathens00hull/page/286/mode/2up Page 286 Related Event 734 Primary Participant 676 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Enslaver 620 Author 618 Buyer "Master John" possibly John Linton -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/718 Title 1865, Lewis, Male, Freedom Status (Emancipation) Description Lewis, an enslaved man who worked for the Southern Watchman, was emancipated by special proclamation of the President of the United States. Partial Transcript: "Lewis was a slave of John H. Christy and his business was to turn the crank when the Southern Watchman went to press. He was emancipated by special proclamation of the President of the United States — along with others — and then took up the business of blind beggar." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/471 Freedom status transaction: Emancipation Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1865 Date Certainty https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/550 Approximate Location 525 Cause 717 Source 619 https://archive.org/details/annalsofathens00hull/page/177/mode/2up Page 177 Related Event 717 Primary Participant 715 Enslaver 714 Author 618 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/713 Title 1805, Dennis Clayton, Freedom Status Transaction (Purchase) Description Dennis Clayton was purchased by Augustin Clayton in 1805 when he was 13 years old. Partial Transcript: "He claims however to have been only thirteen years of age when Judge Clayton bought him in 1805 from a negro trader." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/475 Freedom status transaction: Purchase Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1805 Location 525 Source 619 https://archive.org/details/annalsofathens00hull/page/176/mode/2up Page 176 Primary Participant 711 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Age 13 years old Author 618 Buyer 712 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/639 Title 1850, Hopey, Female, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale) Description Hopey, originally owned by Asbury Hull, was sold to her husband, Hansel. Partial Transcript: "Hansel had bought his wife, Hopey, from 'Sir Asbury Hull, and after his death for a long time she continued to tempt the palate with her cakes and confections." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/476 Freedom status transaction: Sale Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1850 Date Certainty https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/552 Questionable Location 525 Source 619 https://archive.org/details/annalsofathens00hull/page/147/mode/2up Page 147 Related Event 637 Primary Participant 638 Enslaver 475 Author 618 Buyer 635 Seller 475 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/637 Title 1850, Hansel, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Purchase) Description Hansel, a freed man, bought his wife, Hopey, from Asbury Hull, resulting in her freed status. Partial Transaction: "Hansel had bought his wife, Hopey, from Sir. Asbury Hull, and after his death for a long time she continued to tempt the palate with her cakes and confections." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/475 Freedom status transaction: Purchase Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1850 Date Certainty https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/552 Questionable Location 525 Source 619 https://archive.org/details/annalsofathens00hull/page/147/mode/2up Page 147 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/554 Free Author 618 Additional Participant 638 Buyer 635 Seller 475 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/634 Title 1837, Unnamed, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale) Description During the 1837 financial panic, John A. Cobb sold or surrendered his enslaved people to his creditors, receiving $90,000. Partial Transcript: "Great distress ensued and some of our wealthiest men came out of the wreck with nothing but their debts. One of these was Col. John A. Cobb who had become heavily involved in security debts and who surrendered all of a large property to his creditors. His negroes brought $90,000 — even at panic prices." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/476 Freedom status transaction: Sale Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1837 Date Certainty https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/550 Approximate Location 525 Cause 633 Source 619 https://archive.org/details/annalsofathens00hull/page/124/mode/2up Page 124 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Author 618 Seller 628 Price $90,000 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/596 Title 1857, Lucius Henry Holsey, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Transfer) Description Holsey's ownership was transferred from T. L. Wynn to Richard Malcolm Johnston after Wynn's death. Partial Transaction: "[Wynn] told me that he was going to die, and wanted me to choose one of two of his intimate friends as my master. He named the two friends and I chose [Colonel Richard Malcolm Johnston], with whom I lived until the emancipation of the slaves." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/477 Freedom status transaction: Transfer Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1857 Date Certainty https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/550 Approximate Location 608 Outcome 597 Source 594 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=emu.010001225938&view=1up&seq=17&skin=2021 Pages 9-10 Primary Participant 593 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Age 15 Author 593 Buyer 595 --