Micagor Crews Slavery Documents
The Micagor Crews Slavery Documents, 1788, record a case against Crews for possessing stolen enslaved people. The documents were executed and signed by Richard White, justice of the peace for Washington County, NC. The first document records the complaint against Crews, arguing that "he came in this neighborhood with Two Negroes a fellow & a wench that are stolen from some where the owner yet unknown." White orders local officials to bring the enslaved people before his court. In the second document, White notes that "Crews appears guilty of said charge and orders Crews and the wench Nanci held in jail until the next session of Washington County's court." This document also notes the names of both of the enslaved people -- Jack & Nanci.
Dates
- 1788
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Micagor Crews Slavery Documents, 1788, record a case against Crews for possessing stolen enslaved people, a man named Jack and a woman named Nanci. Later in that year, Crews sold an enslaved woman named Nancy to Andrew Jackson.
Biographical/Historical Note
Little is known of Micagor Crews. Records show, however, that on November 17, 1788, a Micajah Crews sold an enslaved woman named Nancy to Andrew Jackson, then residing in Jonesborough. Nancy was the first ensalved person purchased by Jackson, who owned 150 enslaved people at the time of his death in 1845.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
This collection was purchased by Special Collections in March 2003.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository