Day 1: Historic & Early Americana

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[SLAVERY] 1811 NC Slave Bill of Sale

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Manuscript document signed by Benjamin Dickinson, Joseph Martin, and John Benson. Wayne County, North Carolina, 8 May 1811. 1 page, 7 1/8 x 6 1/2 in. Docketed to verso.

An early North Carolina slave bill of sale. Benjamin Dickinson (1772-1845) of Wayne County paid John Pelle (alt. Peel, Peale; 1777-1844) $400 for "two negroes named Hanna and her child Jonas."

The 1810 Federal Census records that Dickinson enslaved 20 individuals, which increased to 48 by 1840. John Peele did not enslave any individuals in 1810, but by 1820 owned 8 slaves, reduced to 6 by 1830.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [African Americana, African American History, Black History, Slavery, Enslavement, Abolition, Emancipation] [Manuscripts, Documents, Letters, Ephemera, Signatures, Autographs]

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Some losses. Entire document is neatly restored with Japanese tissue.

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Day 1: Historic & Early Americana

[SLAVERY] 1811 NC Slave Bill of Sale

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