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Bill of sale for a slave bought by Augustine Burge of Petersburg, Virginia, from Robert Pitcher.

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Burge purchased the slave, woman named Mary Ann, for $400 on November 25, 1815. On the back of the receipt are three further transactions involving Mary Ann: first, she was transferred to John Butterworth on April 6, 1818; then she was sold to Green Wood for $500, also on April 6; and then she was given to Bolling Hall on May 20.
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1815 1818 1815
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Alabama
  3. Burge, Augustine
  4. Butterworth, John
  5. Hall, Bolling, 1767 1836
  6. Pitcher, Robert
  7. Slave Trade
  8. Slaver
  9. Slavery
  10. Virginia
  11. Wood, Green

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