Excerpt from Durant H. Davis letter asking Ashbel Smith to speak to another enslaver regarding purchasing an enslaved woman for sexual slavery.
Item
Title
Excerpt from Durant H. Davis letter asking Ashbel Smith to speak to another enslaver regarding purchasing an enslaved woman for sexual slavery.
Creator
Durant H. Davis
Contributor
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Date
November 24, 1839
Description
Excerpt from November 24, 1839 Durant H. Davis letter to Ashbel Smith asking Smith to speak to another enslaver named “Johnson” regarding his potential purchase of an enslaved woman for sexual slavery. Davis states that he has several enslaved women he believes would be suitable for this purpose.
Format
Still image
Identifier
https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/12820908
Rights
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Source
Durant H. Davis, Greensboro, Alabama, to Ashbel Smith, Houston, Texas (November 24, 1839). WA MSS S-3142 D2919, Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library.
