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ANTEBELLUM TAX DOCUMENT

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ANTEBELLUM TAX DOCUMENT
Albemarle County, VA tax bill for the property of Joseph Campbell including 18 Blacks and Male Free Negroes among his other chattel. Partly printed DS, 1p, 8¾x4, 1853. Annual tax bill for $47.66 directed to the County Sheriff. Enumerated taxes to be levied upon 709 acres of land, 18 Blacks at 60 cents each, 21 horses at $720, 1 white male at forty cents; and other chattel, including the reporting of any Male Free Negroes at the rate of $1. Signed in print by Sheriff W. H. Goodman. Light general toning; folds; minor show-through from notations on verso