Contract to hire Peggy, an enslaved woman, 1856-1858
Overview
Contract binding Thomas G. Watson and Thomas Watson to pay $30 to W.W. Forbes for the hire of a "Negro woman" Peggy for the year 1856.
Dates
- Creation: 1856-1858
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the contract to hire Peggy, an enslaved woman, may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
1 folderContract binding Thomas G. Watson and Thomas Watson to pay $30 to W.W. Forbes for the hire of a "Negro woman" Peggy for the year 1856. Contract specifies "said slave to be clothed in the usual stye of hired Negroes." Document includes note and signature when payment was received in August 1858. No location is specified.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 2019-M169
The contract to hire Peggy, an enslaved woman, was acquired from McBlain Books in 2019.
Processing Information
Processed: December 2019
By: Jenny Gotwals
The Schlesinger Library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. Finding aids may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch01733
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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