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Title: Bill-of-sale for Loney, an enslaved man in North Carolina
Creator: Bisaner, J. A., 1837-1920
Date Created: 1865-01-02
Subjects--Topical: Slave trade, Enslaved persons, Slavery, Enslavement
Description: Bill of sale dated January 2, 1865 for an enslaved man named Loney. The buyer was N. A. Wingate & Co. of Charlotte, North Carolina; and the seller was J. A. Bisaner, of Lincolnton. At the time Loney was about twenty seven years old and was sold fo...

Title: Steve Crump oral history interview, 2018 December 14
Creator: Crump, Steve
Date Created: 2018-12-14
Subjects--Topical: Civil rights, School integration, Civil rights demonstrations, Slave trade, African American jockeys, African American radio broadcasters
Description: Steve Crump recounts his life as a television reporter and documentary filmmaker from the 1980s into the 2010s. He describes his second career as a director of television documentaries, primarily about the African-American experience. Many of thes...

Title: Wilkes Family Papers
Creator: Wilkes, John, 1827-1908
Date Created: 1858-11-13, 1865-01-29
Subjects--Topical: Slave bills of sale, Slave trade, Slavery
Description: Papers of a family that settled in Charlotte in the 1850s. Contains extensive records involving the purchase and operations of gold mines, mills, and other businesses owned by the family and by their Renwick and Smedberg relations in North Carolin...

Title: Wilkes, John--Records of enslaved persons
Creator: Wilkes, John, 1827-1908
Date Created: 1858-11-13, 1865-01-29
Subjects--Topical: Slave bills of sale, Slave trade, Slavery, Enslaved persons, Plantation owners, Slaveholders, Enslavers, Enslavement
Description: Primaily includes bills-of-sale for enslaved individuals bought or sold by John Wilkes. Names of enslaved men, women, and children include Jack, Zeno, Alice, Lucy, Jeff, Antony, Phillis, Alfred, Annis, Leander, Mahalah, Harriet, Henry, Murray, and...