Winn, John, 1789-? Terms of hiring negroes belonging to the estate of Thomas Winn
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03434.59 Author/Creator: Winn, John, 1789-? Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 30 December 1829 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Specifies the terms under which enslaved people belonging to the estate of Thomas Winn can be hired out for the year 1830. Agreement provides for enslaved people to be returned with blankets, shoes, and clothes, that they be "treated humanely," and not allowed to work on the water. The three enslaved people named are Sam, Jenny and Diley. Signed twice by Winn. Docket lists who the enslaved people were hired out to, and at what price.
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