They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Hastings/Field)

Enslaved People Named: Rachel

On January 21, 1810, Catharine Hastings, Liberty County, sold to Jedidiah Field for $350 “one certain negro slave, by name Rachel.” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on June 5, 1817. 

Source: Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and mortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. H-I 1816-1831,” Record Book H (1816-1822), p. 84. Image #72 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-SSYD-M?i=71&cat=292358)