Bill of sale for slaves bought by Bolling Hall from William Alexander.
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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
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Hall purchased the slaves, a woman named Amey and her two children, for $500. Alexander agrees to compensate Hall if the woman is found to have a venereal disease: "in case the said negroe woman Amey has the clap or pox as supposed, I will make up for that deficency agreable to the damage the said Hall may sustain thereby." [Original spelling retained.]
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1803 September 5 1803 09 05
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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130Keywords
- African Americans
- Alexander, William
- Diseases
- Georgia
- Hall, Bolling, 1767 1836
- Slave Trade
- Slaver
- Slavery