Sale of Sally

event name

Sale of Sally

location

Residence of Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart

Identifier

EV_2666

first name

Sally

age

Adult

age description

25

event type

Sale

event date

1825-12-17

value

0.5

notes

Value assumes Stabler to manumit Sally

source

"Deed of Sale for Sally and child." (1825) 1827. In Alexandria County Deed Book. Q-2:48. As found in Virginia Jenkins (1995) Edward Stabler, "A Kind Friend and Counsellor": A Quaker and Abolitionist in Alexandria, Virginia: 1790-1830. John G. Motheral, editor. Alexandria Archaeology Publications, No. 27. Office of Historic Alexandria, City of Alexandria, Virginia.

place

Alexandria County, DC

place type

County

sold person

Sall

enslaver

Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart

Edward Stabler