[Receipt for sale of Jane, age 18, and her son, Henry, age 1 and all future children, December 20, 1849]
Dublin Core
Title
[Receipt for sale of Jane, age 18, and her son, Henry, age 1 and all future children, December 20, 1849]
Subject
- Slavery--Alabama--Eufaula--1840-1850
- United States--Alabama--Eufaula
- United States--Alabama--Eufaula
Description
Ownership of children that might be born in the future is defined in this photograph of a receipt for six hundred dollars paid by Judge S. Williams of Eufaula, Dec. 20, 1849 for Jane, a Negro woman aged 18 and her son Henry, one year old. This paper is owned by Judge Williams' grandson, Richard Malcolm McEachern, Eufaula, Ala.
Creator
Federal Writers' Project
Source
Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections
Publisher
[between 1937 and ca. 1938]
Date
December 20, 1849
Contributor
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Rights
No known restrictions on reproduction
Format
Photo, Print, Drawing
Language
English
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsc.01239/
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Online Format - Image
Physical Dimensions
1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 7 x 5 in.
Collection
Citation
Federal Writers' Project , “[Receipt for sale of Jane, age 18, and her son, Henry, age 1 and all future children, December 20, 1849],” HIST 390 The Digital Past: A Cultural New Deal, accessed September 17, 2026, https://jessicadoeshistory.com/cnd/items/show/162.