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Kearney, Isabella

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Manuscript in blanks on printed blank form bill of sale, documenting the sale of a slave woman named Jenny, by Isabella Kearney of the Province of New York, to Negro Adam (father of Jenny), for the sum of six pence, current money of the provence of New York, dated October 19, 1778. It was signed by Isabella Kearney in the presence of Sarah Skinner and Lambert Barberie.
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Bills Of Sale
Created Date:
1778 10 18
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Sidney Lapidus Slavery and Abolition Collection

Record Contributed By

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. The New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Blacks
  3. Deeds
  4. Enslaved People
  5. New York (State)
  6. Slave Bills Of Sale
  7. Slave Trade
  8. Slaver
  9. Slavery

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