Bill of Sale for Wilson

Bill of Sale for Wilson

Slavery

This is a bill of sale for an enslaved man or boy of undisclosed age named Wilson for the price of $500. The sale transfers Wilson to Edward Carter from the possession of S.R. Thomas on March 19, 1857.

Edward Carter Family Papers, Southern Appalachian Archives, Mars Hill University

Southern Appalachian Archives, Liston B. Ramsey Center for Appalachian Studies, Mars Hill University

1857-3-19

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March the 19th 1857
Received of Edward Carter
five hundred dollars in full
for a negro boy named
Wilson which boy I worrent
To be sound and sencible
And a slave for Life I also
warrent the title to the said
Edward Carter and his
heirs S.R. Thomas
[Attest] S.W. Carter

Rec’d five hundred

Reverse side:

Bill of Sale
From S.R. Thomas

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