Slave bill of sale
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CH_CA_2022_IC_005_009
Institutional Collections
Bill of sale for nine enslaved people: woman Nance, 45 years old; girl Daria, 16 years old; boy John, 11 years old; boy Phil, 4 years old; boy Jim, 2 years old; infant George, 4 months old; woman Charlotte, 35 years old; two children Alex, 3 years old and Isaac, one year old. all of whom are "slaves for life." Sold by Joshua, Ann, and William Bell to William M. Gemmell for five hundred dollars.
MS0066-01-53-003 January 1 1846
bills of sale
Slave labor, Slavery--Economic aspects--United States, Slave bills of sale
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