Letter from Alphonsa Blake to their lawyer Joseph Wickes
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CH_CA_2022_IC_005_029
Institutional Collections
Letter regarding an agreement to hire Blake's enslaved man John by Samuel Riley. There is an issue regarding a common clause in many hire agreements about extended sickness and what pay will be deducted.
MS0066-01-73-059 January 6 1842
legal correspondence
Slavery--Economic aspects--United States, Slave labor
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