1855-10-23, Charlotte, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)

Title: 1855-10-23, Charlotte, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
Description: Charlotte was sold by white enslaver Burns (given name unknown) for $700 and claimed in ownership by white enslaver and University of Virginia professor John Staige Davis, October 23, 1855. This event is recorded in a bill of sale in the Papers of John Staige Davis, MSS 1912/MSS 2842.
Event Type: Freedom status transaction: Sale
Action Status: Completed
Date: 1855-10-23
Source: Papers of John Staige Davis, Professor of Anatomy, University of Virginia, 1840-1888, MSS 1912/MSS 2842, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
Primary Participant: Charlotte
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver: John Staige Davis
Buyer: John Staige Davis
Seller: Burns
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