- GLC#
- GLC10203.03-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- June 15, 1858
- Author/Creator
- Bennett, Henry, fl. 1858
- Title
- Bill of sale for Jane and her four children
- Place Written
- Galveston, Texas
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ;
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Slavery & Anti-slavery
One document signed by Henry Bennett for a slave sale dated June 15, 1858. This bill of sale is for a woman named Jane and her four children enslaved to Henry Bennett and sold to John H.F. Chapman. Jane was twenty-nine her children were an unnamed infant, Jeff aged about 9 years, Susan about 4 years and Ferdinand aged about 18 months.
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