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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09039 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Slave sale letter |
| Date | 10 June 1860 |
| Author | Battle, Narcissa Caroline (b. 1825) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | A woman writes to her child about a slave sale she attended. "I went to town & bought all the negroes except Charity mamma & Charity's four youngest Children... Mamma is down at Watson's very much pestered she never would say before the sale who she wanted to buy her but now she is brought to her senses. Daughter I am not much grieved about either Chany or Charity they both have acted the lady ever since they came in my possession & I have been the slave now let them see the difference between me & other people... if they live the plantation will be filled with babies...The Negroes were so proud when they saw me ran & cried & begged me to buy them..." |
| Subjects | Women's History Slavery Slave Life |
| People | Battle, Narcissa Caroline (b. 1825) |
| Theme | Women in American History; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |