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The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820
Bill of sale for Peter
AUTHOR/CREATOR
Fitzgerrald, John
Robertson, John
RELATED NAMES
Green, Willis
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1797-06-22
SUMMARY
Slave-brokers Fitzgerrald and Robertson sold the thirty-one year-old Peter, a former slave of the late Nathen Farris, to Jonathan Forbis of Lincoln County, Kentucky for 115 pounds with a guarantee that both his mind and body were sound. [Acknowledgment of bill of sale page 2] signed by Willis Green, clerk.
NOTES
Ink on paper, 32.5 x 19.5 cm, 2 pages
SUBJECTS
Peter, fl. 1797
Farris, Nathan
Forbis, Jonathan
Slave bills of sale--Kentucky
Slave traders--Kentucky
RESOURCE TYPE
Text
SOURCE COLLECTION
Slavery and Indentured Servitude Documents
REPOSITORY
Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
DIGITAL ID
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