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1724 Free Negro Colonial Document.

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1724 Free Negro Colonial Document.
Exchange document between the town of Tivorton, Rhode Island, and &#34;<I>Jo Woodel, negrew</I>,&#34; 4x8¼&#34;, Tivorton, 23 April 1724. Very good; toning and age wear. Exchanging a right of way through a swamp for &#34;<I>a good and conveniant way threw sd Jo Woodels Land</I>.&#34; A true copy of the decision taken &#34;…<I>at a meeting of the purchasers and proprietors of the lands in Pocaset purchase alias Tiverton</I>…&#34; Rare mention of a free Negro in a colonial document. Matted and framed to 10¼x13½&#34;.