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Tennessee SLAVERY DOCUMENT - Legal Document

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Slavery Document. 7 ½" x 8 ¼" legal document, Madison County, Tennessee, November 4, 1867, in which David Yarbrough acknowledges a debt to the State of Tennessee of five hundred dollars for ">>>the use of Chloe Yarbrough a freed girl of color of the age of eight years...." Revenue stamps at the lower left and an unevenly toned 4" x 1 ¾" block.

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