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Hackney, Benjamin, fl. 1790 [Virginia Slave Deed]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10058.03 Author/Creator: Hackney, Benjamin, fl. 1790 Place Written: Westmorland County, Virginia Type: Autograph document signed Date: 28 September 1790 Pagination: 2 p. ; 21 x 21.4 cm. Order a Copy

Deed from Benjamin Hackney to his daughter Elizabeth Philpott. Giving her three enslaved people; Ben, Peggy, and Seller, as well as their future children.

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