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

event name: Sale of Harriet
location: Residence of Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart
Identifier: EV_2735
first name: Harriet
event type: Sale
event date: 1826-01-31
value: 0.5
notes: Value evenly divided between Matilda and Harriet; assumes Stabler to manumit Harriet
source: "Deed of Sale for Matilda and Harriet." (1826) 1827. In Alexandria County Deed Book. Q-2:47. 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.
sold person: Harriet
enslaver: Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart; Edward Stabler