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Bound manuscript 1

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Contains 1 Result:

John Drake slave ledger used to record expenses for the purchase, hire, and "maintenance" of slaves, 1830s-1850s

 unspecified — bound manuscript: 1
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection:

The Gail and Stephen Rudin Slavery Collection consists of newspaper engravings, estate appraisals, wills, legal documents, manumissions, reward for capture of runaway slave advertisements, slave dealer and slave trade manuscripts, correspondence, sheet music, slave taxation records, stereoviews and other records documenting the sale, hire, purchase and debt payment of slaves in 18th and 19th century America.

Dates: 1830s-1850s