Sale of Priscilla · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Sale of Priscilla
location: Residence of Susan J. Cruit
Identifier: EV_0278
first name: Priscilla
event type: Sale
event date: 1859-00-00
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 Priscilla between Mr. Staurow and Susan C. Cruit, ca. 1859, as found in Petition of Susan Cruit, 23 May 1862." District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Owner Petitions, 1862. Accessed 27 October 2024. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2159/images/31556_217987-00051. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.
sold person: Priscilla Willis
enslaver: Staurow; Susan J. Cruit