Yard, Benjamin, 1757-1787 [Affadavit of sales agreement for a slave named Hannibal in St. Croix]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06148 Author/Creator: Yard, Benjamin, 1757-1787 Place Written: Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Type: Document signed Date: 4 April 1787 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.6 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy
Marked "Copy." Certifies that he purchased Hannibal in October 1780 from Captain John Earl. He was informed that Thomas Wright, a sailor on board Earl's ship, owned one half of Hannibal. Payment was twenty half "Joes" - ten to the captain and ten to Wright in Havana. Payment also included a certain amount of rum. The rum was worth £50.17.7 1/4 Philadelphia currency and was shipped to Earl on Captain Harr's vessel on 31 October 1781. Says "I do not recollect any other circumstances attending the Sale of this Negro."
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