Sale of Betty Hopp · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Sale of Betty Hopp
location: Residence of Columbus Alexander
Identifier: EV_0146
first name: Betty
last name: Hopp
event type: Sale
event date: 1844-03-01
value: 80
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 Betty Hopp between Willam H Grinnell and Columbus Alexander, 1 March 1844: 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.
sold person: Betty Hopp
enslaver: William H. Grinnell; Columbus Alexander