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Winn, John, 1789-? [Terms for hiring slaves]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03434.54 Author/Creator: Winn, John, 1789-? Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 30 December 1833 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Lists the names and prices of enslaved people who have been lent out by John Winn, and to whom they have been lent. Terms specify the time payment is due, the return dates, provisions required to be given to the enslaved people, and forbidding their working near water or in mines.

Winn, John Bowles, 1789-?

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