Sale of William Henry Speaks · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Sale of William Henry Speaks
location: Residence of Richard Southern
Identifier: EV_0962
first name: William Henry
last name: Speaks
age: Adult
age description: 28
event type: Sale
event date: 1856-07-01
value: 460
notes: To serve until 35 years old or 15 September 1862, then to be free
source: National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 217.6.5 [Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of Treasury, 1775-1978]. 1862. "Petition of Richard Southern, 29 May 1862 (Petition No. 544)." District of Columbia, U.S., Slave Owner Petitions, 1862. Accessed 24 October 2024. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2159/images/31556_217987-00711. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.
sold person: William Henry Speaks
enslaver: William D. Nutt; Richard Southern