Thomas, the Slave

I found a Receipt of a transaction of selling a slave in the Olins Library Archives and it was really interesting to see in writing and see that it actually existed. I was astonished to know that they could actually give a man a price, like he was a piece of clothing. George N. Linns, the slave's owner, sold to Thomas, the slave, to the government for military use. Thomas was 5 ft. 5 in. tall, weighs 150 lbs, and his price was $4520. He was meant to fight in the army by the enrollment of the Free Negroes and Slaves.