File:Slave receipt.jpg

Description: Receipt for $500.00 payment for black slave. Caption on item: Receipt given Judge S. Williams of Eufaula by Eliza Wallace in payment of $500.00 for a Negro man, Jan. 20, 1840. This paper is owned by Richard Malcolm McEachern, grandson of Judge Williams. "Recd of Judge S. Williams his notes for five hundred Dollars in full payment for a negro man named Ned which negro I warrant to be sound and well and I do bind myself by these presents to forever warrant and defend the right and Title of the said negro to the said Williams his heirs or assigns against the legal claims of all persons whatsoever. Witness my hand and seal this day and year above written. Eliza Wallace [seal]". Author: Judge S Williams. Date: 20 January 1840. Source: “File:Slave sale.jpg” in "Slavery in the United States" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_united_states (accessed 25 February 2009) citing the source as the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division under the digital ID ppmsc.01241. Permission: Public domain. This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, Canada, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of  life of the author plus 70 years.