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Stith, C., fl. 1854 [Receipt of sale for a slave]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07356.03 Author/Creator: Stith, C., fl. 1854 Place Written: Mobile, Alabama Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1 April 1854 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 14.7 x 21.2 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Stith. Receipt for the sale of a "Negro Boy Richard about fifteen or sixteen years of age..." sold for $1,000 to James W. Goodman. Refers to Richard as "a slave for life."

Stith, C., fl. 1854
Goodman, James W., fl. 1854

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