by Toni | Aug 7, 2017 | Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
In Sold on the Courthouse Steps, we discussed three types of sales of enslaved people through the local court system. We suggested that you search through newspapers to discover sheriff sales, equity court sales, and chancery court sales. Here are a few more...
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by Toni | Aug 3, 2017 | Beginning Genealogy, Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
An auction block at a commercial slave market is probably the most common visual that comes to mind when you think of people being separated from families during enslavement. You may be familiar with the sale of enslaved people through private parties, but numerous...
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