Bill of sale for enslaved children, made out to George B. Major from Amy Griffith, 1830 January 28
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Bill of sale for enslaved children, made out to George B. Major from Amy Griffith, 1830 January 28
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Amy Griffith's bill of sale to George B. Major for Sam and Thadeus the enslaved children of Caty.
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[Recto]
Know all men by these presents that I have this day
Bargained and sold unto George B. Major two negro
boys, named Sam, & Thadeus. children of Caty whom
I purchased of the Executrs of John Minge, one of the
daid boys aged two years & the other one year for the
consideration of seventy five dollars paid me the 25th
January. 1829. the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge,
A free and perfect title to which boys I hereby
warrrant and forever defend by these presents witness, my
hand & seal this 28th day of January 1830
Amy Griffith Seal
[Verso, blank]
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Griffith, Amy, “Bill of sale for enslaved children, made out to George B. Major from Amy Griffith, 1830 January 28,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed May 13, 2024, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/2153.
