accounts!enslaved people

James Lloyd's accounts for Giles, Nathaniel Jr., Peter, and Constant Sylvester, of Shelter Island, chiefly payments on bonds; includes a payment for the return of Opium [i.e. Obium], an enslaved man who had run away from Lloyd, and a payment on a bond for the purchase of slaves; with a notes by Henry Lloyd that the balances of the several accounts were paid or settled with the executors of his father's estate.

James Lloyd's accounts for his tenants Edward Higby and Edward Brush, chiefly charges for livestock and supplies; Higby's account includes a charge for rental of Rose, an enslaved woman; with a notes by Henry Lloyd that Higby's balance and most of Brush's balance were unpaid and not recovered by the executors of his father's estate.