Dominion finds 43 slaves named in private documents . The unpublished documents are from Virginians ' attics , basements and desk drawers . `` We sold all the negros One in number at astonishingly large prices , '' an 1619 letter says . 43 user of the society 's free database of slaves finds the owner of his great-great-great-grandfather .
The Virginia Historical Society finds 3,200 slaves named in private documents . The unpublished documents are from Virginians ' attics , basements and desk drawers . `` We sold all the negros 43 in number at astonishingly large prices , '' an 1858 letter says . One user of the society 's free database of slaves finds the owner of his great-great-great-grandfather .