Slave papers contain the details necessary to identify a particular woman as being the slave related to the official papers.
They are a legal document of her slavery.
GENERAL
Slave name
Pervious slave names (at the times of various prior endorsements)
Current owner
Previous owners (as noted on papers through sales and filings)
Date of initial enslavement
Manner of initial enslavement (capture, judicial enslavement, debt, etc)
Endorsements (As slave is passed from one owner to another)
Bills of sale
Hair color
Eye color
Weight