[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Two documents regarding payment of hired enslaved persons, comprising:

Manuscript accounting payments for the hire of enslaved individuals. Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, 3 May 1859.

2 pages, folio, 7 7/8 x 12 7/8 in., on blue paper, old creases, small marginal loss.

An affidavit with details the hire of enslaved individuals as early as 1851: "Boy John hired...in 1851" for $100; and "Girl Ellen belonging to Amanda hired in 1851" for $60. The document also describes shares of crop and "six hands" over $600.

[With:] Estate settlement detailing the hire of three enslaved individuals: Jane, Calvin, and Henry. [Alabama?]: 14 May 1860.

4 pages, folio, 7 3/4 x 12 1/4 in., on blue lined paper, toning, wear along old folds with occasional repairs. Docketed to verso.

A manuscript settlement of the estate of Lemuel Skinner (1786-1859) that details the hire of three named enslaved individuals, Henry, Jane, and Calvin, for the years 1854 through 1856. Jane was hired out for $100/year in 1854, $77 in 1855, and $100 in 1856. Calvin's rate increased from $40 to $64, suggesting he was a boy in 1854. Henry's rate remained consistent at $150-156 per year. The

Skinner is recorded in the census data as enslaving many while living in Darlington, South Carolina: 6 enslaved in 1820, 13 in 1830, and 11 in 1840. The data of enslaved is not available in the 1850 census, though he is still recorded as living in South Carolina. Sometime thereafter, he relocated to Wilcox County, Alabama.

Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the “Historical Shop”

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