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Records of slaves and free persons of color (Pasquotank County, North Carolina), 1734-1861, 1866, 1892

• Bills of sale, 1738-1859 (broken series); bonds and petitions to free slaves; divide and sell slaves, 1778, 1793-1807, 1810-1818, 1824-1826; Cohoon vs. Speed (concealment of slave), 1855; free persons of color sold to pay fine for petty larceny conviction, 1835; petitions to divide and sell slaves, 1792, 1818-1819, 1824-1826, 1840-1845, 1850-1853, 1855-1859
• Petitions to divide and sell slaves, 1855-1859; Small vs. Pool (concerning soundness of slave Tamer), 1848; Quaker manumission dispute, 1757-1795; petitions to divide and sell slaves, 1830-1839; travel passes, 1768, 1798; petitions to divide and sell slaves, 1860-1861; North Carolina vs. Malachi Johnson, 1866; slaves sold to satisfy executions, 1769-1860; hire of slaves, 1771-1858; depostitions concerning former slaves of Jesse Rogerson, 1892; insurrection of slaves, 1802; petition of John McDonald and others for compensation in insurrection of the negroes, undated; slave patrols, 1815-1861; court actions involving slaves, 1734-1860

​Records of slavery and free persons of color (Wayne County, North Carolina), 1783-1869

• Affidavits testifying to freedom of slaves, 1853, 1832 (1832 is for slave from Halifax County); bill of sale for Negroes , 1859; civil actions concerning slaves, 1789-1869; criminal actions concerning slaves, 1793-1837
• Criminal actions concerning slaves, 1843-1866; depositions of slaves, 1792, 1799; detention of slave, 1842; division of slaves, 1829-1864; hire of Negroes, 1841, 1845-1850, 1863; indenture of slave, 1793; inquest for slave, 1828, 1846; levies on slaves, 1801-1862; list of free Negroes receiving corn, 1867; list of owned negroes, no dates; order to sheriff regarding negroes, 1842; patrols, 1815-1862; petition to liberate Negroes, 1783-1854; warrants for Negroes accused of unlawful assembly, 1802
• Affidavits testifying to freedom of Phereby Simmons, 1853; Affidavit testifying to freedom of Elich James of Halifax County, 1832; Bill of sale for negroes, John Everett to Levi D. Howell, 1859; Civil actions concerning slaves and free person of color, 1789-1790, 1799, 1813; Jones vs. Jernigan, 1813; Civil actions concerning slaves and free persons of color, 1820-1827; Civil actions, Trustees of the Association of Friends vs. Dickinson and simms, 1827; Civil actions, Biell vs. Massey, 1822; Civil action, Barden Toler vs. Nehemiah Toler, 1830; Civil actions, 1831-1838; Civil actions, Peacock v. Thomas, 1830; Civil actions, Jones vs. Sasser, 1835; Civil actions, Pope vs. Martin, 1847; Civil actions, Mayo vs. Pike, 1848.
• Civil actions concerning slaves and free persons of color, Joyner vs. Casey, 1863; Civil actions, Martin vs. Coor, 1859; Civil actions, 1860-1869; Civil actions, 1854-1859; Court order concerning fee for keeping negroes, no date; Criminal actions concerning slaves and free persons of color, 1793, 1817-1819, 1821-1825; Criminal action concerning slave, Cox vs. Johnston, 1829; Criminal actions concerning slaves and free persons of color, 1830-1837.
• Criminal actions concerning slaves and free persons of color, 1843-1849; Criminal action, North Carolina vs. Sally Lee, 1850; Depositition of Joseph Jordan re: a negro woman named Moll, 1792; Criminal actions, 1859; Deposition of Sarah Bennett re: Isaac E.
• Levies on slaves, 1821-1833, 1835-1839; List of free Negroes receiving corn, 1867; Levies on slaves, 1840-1858, 1861-1862; List of John Everitt's Negroes in Alamance, no date; List of A.B. Thompson's Negroes in Mecklenburg County, no date; Order to sherif.

Record of Negros, 1804-1855

• Record of Negros, 1804-1855
• Another filming (poor copy, negative). Columbus [Ohio] : Ohio Historical Society Archives and Manuscripts division, 1971. on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Craven County, North Carolina, pre-Civil War slave related papers, including petitions for freedom, 1775-1861

• Pre-Civil War slave related papers, including: petitions for freedom, 1775, 1785, 1793; negro (confiscated property), 1782; bond respecting free negro, 1789; petition to emancipate slave, 1798 and no date; bond to convey slaves, 1811-1847; petitions to emancipate slaves, petitions for freedom and bonds for emancipated slaves, no date, 1795-1819, 1822-1848; petitions to divide and sell slaves, no date, 1834-1846; petition to liberate slave, 1791; commission to seize firearms found in possession of slaves, 1830; petitioner's request that guns be returned, 1841; slave patrols, 1845, 1849; depositions concerning negro confined as a runaway slave, 1836; list of negroes to be hired out, 1855; petitions to divide and sell slaves, 1853-1861; lists of free negroes licensed to keep guns, 1851-1854.

​Civil actions concerning slaves and free persons of color (Craven County, North Carolina), 1775-1885

• John Davies, collector for duties on negroes imported vs. Isaac Hill and Levi Fulsher - civil actions brought by colored persons against Old Dominion Steamship Company, 1788-1885
• Criminal actions concerning slaves and free persons of color, 1781-1839
• Criminal actions concerning slaves and free persons of color, 1781-1868
• Antonio Mussay petitions for freedom from Thomas Parsons - lists of free Negroes licensed to keep guns, 1775-1861

​Civil actions concerning slaves and free persons of color, Cleveland County, North Carolina, ca. 1841-1868

• Civil actions concerning slaves and free persons of color, 1841-1844, 1847-1848, 1850-1857; bills of sale for negroes, 1843, 1847, 1862; assets from sale of negroes, 1859
• Civil actions concerning slaves and free persons of color, 1859-1861, 1865, 1867-1869; correspondence concerning negroes, 1856, 1868; criminal actions concerning slaves and free persons of color, 1841-1845, 1849-1859, 1861-1867; execution [of wills] on slaves, 1856; deed of gift of negroes, 1844; Grand Jury presentment proposing plan to have law requiring free negroes to leave state, 1858; insolvent debtor, 1854; patrols, 1841-1849

​Public claims, slaves and free blacks, 1781-1865

• Black tithables (Va. State Lib. #755) 1846 Contains reports of the number of free blacks and slaves who were taxed. Condemmed blacks executed or transported (Va. State Lib. #756) 1781, 1783-1865 Contains information about court cases for free blacks or slaves convicted of capital crimes.
• Condemned slaves (cont. # 756) 1796-1865 Commission to acess free "negroes" 1854 (Va. State Lib. # 757) Covers laws and special taxes and support to go to Liberia.
• Commission to access free "negroes" 1823-1833 (Va. State Lib. #757) Free "negroes willing to go to Liberia 1850
• Transportation of free "negroes" willing to go to Liberia. (#757 cont. ) 1850-1856 Reports of free blacks 1833
• Sheriffs Commission (# 757 cont) 1857-1860 Warrants Gabriels insurrection (Va. State Lib. # 758) 1830-1833 Contains information about Gabriels insurrection and Nat Turners rebellion. Runaway and escaped slaves (Va. State Lib. # 759) 1806-1850
• Runaway and escaped slaves 1850-1863 (# 759 cont.)

​Records of slaves and free persons of color (Randolph County, North Carolina), 1788-1870, 1887

• State vs. Elias Potter (free man of color) - Criminal actions concerning slaves and free persons of color 1841-1858 (broken series)
• Criminal actions concerning slaves and free persons of color, 1860-1869 (broken series) - Civil actions concerning slaves and free persons of color 1819-1863 (broken series)

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