[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript bill of sale for enslaved person "Bil". [Georgia], 15 December 1840.
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023
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Live / Cincinnati
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[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript bill of sale for enslaved person "Bil". [Georgia], 15 December 1840.
1 page, 4to, 7 7/16 x 9 5/8 in., brown spotting, some fading/toning.
A manuscript recording the purchase of an enslaved man named Bil, aged 30 years old for $500 by S.H. Gay. Possibly the S.H. Gay listed in 1840 census in Capt. Simms District, Fayette County, Georgia, which records he enslaved 1 person.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the “Historical Shop”
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