History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol 1

Note 315 — Chapter XIV

Reading edition

"In the inventory of the estate of Samuel Morgaridge, who died in 1754, I find,

'Item, three negroes £133, 6s., 8d. Item, flax £12, 2s., 8.'

"In the inventory of Henry Rolfe's estate, taken in April, 1711, I find the following, namely,

'Fifteen sheep, old and young £3, 15. An old gun 2 An old Negroe man 10 0 -------- £13 7s.'" --Coffin, p. 188.