[Slave Hire]:

ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY 1829 I PROMISE & OBLIGE MYSELF HEIRS OR ASSIGNS TO PAY OR CAUSE TO BE PAID UNTO ROBERT F. TUBMAN [---] HIS HEIRS OR ASSIGNS THE SUM OF FORTY FIVE DOLLARS IT BEING FOR THE HIRE OF NEGRO MAN ISAAC FOR THE YEAR OF 1828. I FURTHER AGREE TO FIND SAID NEGRO GOOD SUFFICIENT CLOTHES & ACCOMMODATIONS & IF NOT PAID BY THE ABOVE TIME, TO PAY INTEREST UNTIL PAID. AS WITNESS MY HAND & SEAL THIS 2ND DAY OF JANUARY 1828. NOAH RICHARDSON | WM D. BARROW | ALL SICK TIME WILL BE DEDUCTED. | INTEREST 23 CTS."

[Dorchester County, MD]: 1828. Single leaf, oblong 6-5/8" x 8." Toning, light wear, Good+. Docketed on verso.

Robert Francis Tubman [1791-1864] was a farmer and physician from Cambridge, Maryland. In 1842, he bought an additional 356 acres which he split into two estates called Glasgow and Glenburn, one for each of his sons; the Glasgow property has been registered with the National Register of Historic Places. Tubman built a small chapel at the Glasgow Estate which held mass until the 1880s. He owned 7 slaves at the time of this document, but was listed as owning 30 slaves by the 1850 US Federal Slave Census. Noah Richardson [1774-1847] and William D. Barrow [1790-1870] were both farmers and slave owners. Item #38008

Price: $375.00