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[Slavery] 1855 Receipt of Funds & Six Named Slaves

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[Slavery] 1855 Receipt of Funds & Six Named Slaves

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Two-page 1855 document from Lincoln County, Kentucky that serves as receipt for $6145.64 and slaves delivered to Thomas B. Montgomery per the direction of “Mr. A. Whitley’s” last will and testament. The slaves were formerly owned by Whitley and his wife, Evaline, who re-married Montgomery. They are named in the document: “Forrest, Martha and her children, Amelia, Belle, Shelby, an infant boy not yet named, and a negro man named John.”

[Abraham Lincoln] [Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Abolitionist, Abolition, Slave, Slavery, Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln]

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[Slavery] 1855 Receipt of Funds & Six Named Slaves

Name: [Slavery] 1855 Receipt of Funds & Six Named Slaves
SKU: 126937047
Price: 300 USD
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