Sale of Frank Diggs · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Sale of Frank Diggs
location: Residence of Columbus Alexander
Identifier: EV_0135
first name: Frank
last name: Diggs
age: Child
event type: Sale
event date: 1852-04-09
value: 500
source: National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 217.6.5 [Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of Treasury, 1775-1978]. 1862. "Bill of Sale for Frank Diggs between William T. Duvall and Columbus Alexander, 9 April 1852: Petition of Columbus Alexander (Petition No. 893), 11 July 1862." District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Owner Petitions, 1862. Accessed October 27, 2024. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2159/images/31556_217989-00464. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.
place: Washington City, DC
place type: City
sold person: Frank Diggs
enslaver: William T. Duvall; Columbus Alexander