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Title
Receipt for hire of slaves
Creator
Wooten, Richard
Date Created and/or Issued
1848-03-14
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Slavery and the Law
Rights Information
Public domain.
Description
Receipt for hire of slaves and land belonging to Sarah and Franklin Dumas minors, wards of Richard Wooten.
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
legal instruments; legal documents; registers (lists); inventories; inventories; receipts (financial records)
Extent
13 x 8 in.; 2 pages
Identifier
SSUS_01-100_01
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SlaveLaw/id/106
Language
English
Subject
Slaveholders
Slave records
Slave bills of sale
Slaves--Alabama--Wilcox County
Place
Wilcox County (Ala.)
Relation
Legal and Financial Documents on Slaves and Slavery in the United States Collection, 1756-1869
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Special Collections
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8rv0pww/

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