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- GLC#
- GLC06338.11-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 18 April 1802
- Author/Creator
- Spragins, Mel, fl. 1802-1819
- Title
- [Writ of summons for the sheriff to call county justices for a trial of the slaves Bob, Absalum, and Martin]
- Place Written
- Halifax County, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 12.7 cm, Width: 19.9 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Writ of summons, signed by Spragins, Ordering the county sheriff to summon justices for a 26 April trial of "Bob a Negro Man Slave the property of Peter Barksdale, Absalum a Negro Man Slave belonging to the Esta. of John Hilyard, Martin a Negroe Man Slave the property of Henry Bass...." Notes that these three slaves were committed to county jail that day as per warrant. A docket lists three personal names, at least one of which, "Abny's Ned," appears to be that of a slave.
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