BIOGRAPHICAL
| First Name | Sam |
| Surnames | |
| Gender | Male |
AS PROPERTY
GENEALOGY
| Partner | Nancy (d. 1781) Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 13 |
| First Name | Sam |
| Surnames | |
| Gender | Male |
| Partner | Nancy (d. 1781) Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 13 |
| Thomas Jefferson documents the people he enslaves across his properties, noting if someone is engaged in agriculture, a tradesperson, or is unable to work. 74 people are recorded at Elk Hil. Marked as "a labourer in the ground." | |
| Role | Enumerated |
| Occupation: | Farm Laborer |
| Listed With | Nancy (d. 1781) |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 17 Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 18 |
| Eight people at Angola are transferred to Thomas Jefferson in the division of his father’s estate. Marked as "a labourer in the ground." | |
| From Enslaver | John Wayles (1715-1773) |
| To Enslaver | Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) |
| Role | Sold Or Transferred |
| Occupation: | Farm Laborer |
| Listed With | Nancy (d. 1781) |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 11 |
| Thomas Jefferson records the distribution of blankets and beds. | |
| Role | Receives Provisions |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 27 |
| Eleven people enslaved by Thomas Jefferson escape from Cumberland County during a British invasion, most of them part of Hannibal and Patty’s family. | |
| Role | Freedom Seeker |
| Listed With | Hannibal (d. 1781)Patty (1754-1781)Isabel (b. 1770)Sam (1772-1781)Sally (1776-1781)Nanny (1778-1781)Fanny (1780-1781)Prince (1769-1781)Nancy (d. 1781) |
| Sources | Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 29 Jefferson’s Statement of Losses to the British at His Cumberland Plantations in 1781, [27 January 1783] Thomas Jefferson to William Gordon, 16 July 1788 |
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