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Manuscript outlining the free school systems created in Tallahassee.

A manuscript documenting the division of Robert K. Shaw's estate probate in Gadsden county splitting 47 enslaved people into three lots for inheritance.

A bill of sale documenting F.A. Byrd's purchase of Jane, a twenty-five year old enslaved woman, and her two children of three years and seven months for $1,050.

A manuscript copy of page 169 in the senate journal regarding the introduction of enslaved people into the Florida Teritory.

A quitclaim deed serving as a bill of sale for William Damiel's purchase of Cherry, a seventeen year old enslaved girl, from John Brett Jr.

A deed of conveyance in which the Hollingsworths acquired thirteen enslaved people.

Printed sharecropping contracts found inside R.F. Van Brunt's 1911 day book.

Yearly day book from R.F. Van Brunt's General Store which sold and loaned items to sharecroppers working on his plantation at Lake Iamonia.

Sharecropping contracts drafted by John S. Winthrop which outline the terms and conditions for renting their land.

A document of a transaction between Mary Savage of Georgia and William Nutall of Tallahassee conveying a mortgage on land and enslaved people.

Public auction bill of sale including names of enslaved people and prices obtained.

A notebook kept by George Whitfield of Tallahassee that documented enslaved people and properties that he bought and sold.