Slave Bill of Sale

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- Title:
- Slave Bill of Sale
- Date:
- 1859
- Description:
- Documents for the sale of enslaved people Margaret and her infant son Thomas, as well as Margaret's future children, "with the future issue and increase of Margaret", to Henry Wessels from Francis A. Mitchell for the sum of eleven hundres and fifty dollars. Auction was carried out by J.S. Riggs auctioneers.
- Collection Title:
- Walter Pantovic Slavery and African American History Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
- Media Type:
- Manuscripts
- Topical Subject:
- Slavery
- Geographic Subject:
- Charleston (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- AMN 1041 Box 1
- Date Digital:
- 2014-07-20
- Digitization Specifications:
- 600 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000XL, Archival masters are tiffs.
- Internet Media Type:
- image/jpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Public Domain.
- Access Information:
- For more information contact the archivist at the Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 48106
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