Sujet

Payment receipt for the hiring of enslaved persons owned by Apphia Rouzee, January 2, 1802. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

This document is from a collection of financial papers related to the plantation operations of several generations of the Rouzee Family in Essex County, Virginia. The papers date from the 1790s through 1860. This payment receipt describes the amount and method of payment given to Mrs. Apphia Rouzee by Mr. William Noel for "Negroe Hire" for the year 1801 and prior to 1801 by Mr. Evan Brown. A one page, single-sided document of faded black ink handwritten on paper. On the back of the document is written "Evan Brown."

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_161

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

168,8Mo (6,1Mo) / 75,0cm x 56,4cm / 8863 x 6658 (300dpi)

Mots clés

agriculture education country finance museum Virginia plantation location century accounts document ownership property accounting African American African-American B&W owner afro-american slavery records slave slaves United States of America Smithsonian Institution 19th century black & white black and white B W Educational Institution nineteenth century heritage American America USA scientific institution TGN ink united states Unknown Ink on paper cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art enslaved person enslaved people National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC receipts financial records