[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript "Process Verbal of Sale" of the late George Rixner, incl. list of 45 enslaved African Americans. St. Charles Parish, LA,1 March 1856.

5 pages, 7 7/8 x 12 3/4 in., on blue paper, left edge sewn and stapled, staples corroded, occasional short tears along old folds with some repairs. Undersigned. Docketed to verso.

The document here records the verbal agreement to the estate of George Rixner (1752-1856) who is recorded as enslaving 33 individuals in the 1840 census. The enslaved individuals are listed by name with physical descriptions, the amount they were purchased for, and by whom they were purchased: Chicot, 26, blacksmith, $3,350; Joe, 50, $1000; Bazile, 40, $1525; Henry (viaux), 20, $1175; John Lowe, 40, $1175; Tom, 35, $1900; Buffalo, 35, $620; John Creole, 32, $1500; Alfred Gros., 28, $1900; Johnson, 35, $1300; William Gros, 32, $1900; MIle, 27, $1950; Coleman, 46, $1350; James Walker, 40, $1350; Team, 47, $1350; George Town, 46, $1300; Georges Cazelar, 35, $1200; Pierre, 65, $280; Honoré, 40, $1560; Griffin, 44, $1125; Alfred, 37, $1900; James Taylor, 28, $900; Wilson Gros., 29, $1600; Ben Gros, 35, $1850; Senetor, 25, $1125; Malle, 59, $575; Dick, 25, $1575; Baptiste, 25, $2000; William, 45, $1425; Nicolas, 25, $1500; Ben (Petit), 17, $1775; Ulysse, 32, $1575; Edmond, 16, $1300; Davis, 40, $1100; Ovide, 30, $1200; Nancy, 32, $725; Permy, 35, $600; Mary and Milly (mother and daughter, 48 and 11, together $1325; Liza, 50, $310; Felice, 30, $500; Melite and Lucie, 14 and 10, together $1600; and Hyppolite, 25, $2000. Almost all are listed as "field hands" or another heavy labor role on a plantation. The Louisiana Wills and Probate Records list Rixner's will which also lists the same 45 enslaved individulas.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.