This course guide is for the transcription exercise, begun during the class session at the Beinecke Library on Thursday, September 4, 2025, in the Yale University course Slavery in the Archives (AFAM 0160, AMST 0060, HIST 0116) taught by Professor Edward Rugemer during Fall term 2025.

Transcription Exercise handout - students will work on this exercise in pairs.

Bills for the sale of enslaved people, from the Slavery Miscellaneous Collection (MS 717), Box 2, Folder 6, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

• Group 1 bill of sale, dated March 3, 1829.
• Group 2 bill of sale, dated October 2, 1783
• Group 3 bill of sale, dated January 28, 1792
• Group 4 bill of sale, dated, dated March 24, 1829
• Group 5 bill of sale, dated April 17, 1829
• Group 6 bill of sale, dated July 23, 1829
• Group 7 bill of sale, dated January 22, 1835
• Group 8 bill of sale, dated September 10, 1845
• Group 9 bill of sale, dated September 28, 1846
• Group 10 bill of sale, dated July 7, 1847