Selling the Enslaved
Estate inventory, c. 1800
9 pot hooks
1 grid iron
Flesh forks
Bell metal skillet
Lot of tin ware
Candle box
2 tin basins
1 pewter basin
1 Churn
3 wash tubs
2 old firkins
2 water biggins
Kitchen table & bench
[Kitchen] shovel & tongs
1 bread bowl
1 fire stove
4 school benches
2 bee hives
few cabbages
chicken coop
2 clamps
Some flax in the straw
Knife box
7knives & forks
6 iron spoons
Negro man Pompey aged 65 years
Negro man Frank aged 24
Negro boy Simon aged 10
Negro boy Perry aged 13
Negro boy Berry aged 7 years to serve till
25 years old
Negro girl Amy aged 4 years to serve till 18
Negro girl Judah 9 years old
Some hops
1 old griddle
[spelling and punctuation have been modernized]
1 grid iron
Flesh forks
Bell metal skillet
Lot of tin ware
Candle box
2 tin basins
1 pewter basin
1 Churn
3 wash tubs
2 old firkins
2 water biggins
Kitchen table & bench
[Kitchen] shovel & tongs
1 bread bowl
1 fire stove
4 school benches
2 bee hives
few cabbages
chicken coop
2 clamps
Some flax in the straw
Knife box
7knives & forks
6 iron spoons
Negro man Pompey aged 65 years
Negro man Frank aged 24
Negro boy Simon aged 10
Negro boy Perry aged 13
Negro boy Berry aged 7 years to serve till
25 years old
Negro girl Amy aged 4 years to serve till 18
Negro girl Judah 9 years old
Some hops
1 old griddle
[spelling and punctuation have been modernized]
This undated estate inventory for a recently deceased slaveholder assigns monetary values to seven adults and children, ranging from 24-year-old Frank ($300) down to 65-year-old Pompey (valued at just $1).
The death of a slaveholder often led to the sale of enslaved people and separation of Black families, as multiple heirs tried to divide estate equally.
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