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- GLC#
- GLC01445.01-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 6 June 1841
- Author/Creator
- Carter, Henry L., fl. 1841
- Title
- [Printed bill of sale for John, an enslaved man]
- Place Written
- Richmond, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 7.3 cm, Width: 18.8 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
One printed bill of sale paid by John P.B. Jones to James C. Pleasants dated June 6, 1841. Jones paid 670 dollars to enslave a man named John. The document was filled out and signed by Henry L. Carter, Pleasants' attorney.
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