This course guide is for the transcription exercise, begun during the class session on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, in the Yale University course Slavery in the Archives (AFAM 060, AMST 060, HIST 016) taught by Professor Edward Rugemer during Fall term 2023.

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