Enslavement
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Abolición de la esclavitud / Abolition of Slavery in Mexico broadside
This collection contains a broadside distributed across the Republic of Mexico by the Mexican Congress in 1837, decreeing the abolition without exception of all slavery in all of the Republic.
Americas collection
Original letters, broadsides, pamphlets, printed materials and books documenting the 19th century and early 20th century political and cultural relationships between the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, Cuba, Spain, and Portugal.
Andrew Forest Muir papers
Earle C. Douglas, Jr. autograph collection
This collection contains the autographs of Jefferson Davis, Judah P. Benjamin, and Steven R. Mallory.
Early Rice Institute records
Estate document for Samuel A. Burton
The first page is the legal instrument authorizing public sale of the property of one Samuel A. Burton, deceased. Page two includes a list of enslaved persons including their first names, genders, and ages. It ends with detail of when the sale took place. The second page lists the property that was sold to the highest bidder, one David A. Burton, and its purchase price, $3500.
Indentured servant contract between the Duke of Chandos and one George Harvey
The holding consists of an Indentured Servant Contract between the Duke of Chandos and one George Harvey, a parchment document, approximately 23 x 29 inches in size, in English and dated 1761, setting forth the terms of the indenture.