SLAVERY IN VIRGINIA.


Autograph Manuscript, "An Inventory of the Estate of James Moss (Decd)," 1 p, 8vo (170 x 195 mm), county of Buckingham, VA, August 11, 1787, docketed on the verso by A.C. Curry, leaf toned and creased.The late Mr. Moss' estate contained, according to this document, "One Cow ... One Bull ... One Pr. Cart Wheels / One Negro Man, Sam" valued at £ 70, and another named Peter, valued the same. Moss was a smaller yeoman farmer, the kind that larger plantations would squeeze out in the coming years.