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Size | 1 item. |
Abstract | The collection is a bill of sale, July 1839, documenting the purchase of a 17-year-old male mulatto slave by John W. Suttle from Weeks Parker in Philadelphia County, Pa. Attached to the bill of sale is a cartoon, circa 1861-1865, depicting contraband slaves escaping to Union forces at Fort Monroe, Va., during the Civil War. |
Creator | Parker, Weeks, fl. 1839. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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The collection is a bill of sale, July 1839, documenting the purchase of a 17-year-old male mulatto slave by John W. Suttle from Weeks Parker in Philadelphia County, Pa. Attached to the bill of sale is a cartoon, circa 1861-1865, depicting contraband slaves escaping to Union forces at Fort Monroe, Va., during the Civil War.
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