Hire of enslaved women named Lucy by William Skinner
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CH_CA_2021_SC_023_239
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The following letter documents the hire of an enslaved woman bought by William Skinner.
Full transcription:
December 23 1812 then Rec. of Mr. William Skinner sixteen dollars in full for the hire of negro Lucy for thy present year
$16 Henry Story
Sumner Hall
Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College
Clifton M. Miller Library
Washington College
December 23 1812Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College
Clifton M. Miller Library
Washington College
English
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The Commodore Collection
Slave trade, Hire, Payment Church Hill
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