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Document. Slave bill of sale, T. W. Williams to Martha E. Turberville

Date

1854 November 27
Part of: American Slavery Manuscript Collection
Rare Books & Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries

Authorizing the transfer of a slave named Maria, forty-one years of age, and her child from T. W. Williams of Monroe Country, Mississippi to Martha E. Turberville, wife of John W. Turberville. The sale price is $1100. Williams states in the document that the negroes are "healthy and sensible and slaves for life."

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1854 November 27

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/repositories/3/archival_objects/789146
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Rare Books & Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries

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