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HUGE SOUTH CAROLINA BILL OF SALE

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HUGE SOUTH CAROLINA BILL OF SALE
<b>146. SOUTH CAROLINA SLAVE BILL OF SALE </b>An unusually large partly-printed South Carolina slave bill of sale, 1p. 15" x 20", Richland, South Carolina, Apr. 20, 1811 concerning the sale of slaves to Planter Jim Hay, in part: "<i>...Six negro slaves...one female slave named Bella, one female slave named Hester, and her three children named Louisa, Serina, and Allick-and a young Negro Fellow named John...</i>". The slaves were transferred from Daniel Hay, who was most likely Jim's brother. An endorsement at the bottom of the document shows that the document was recorded in the Parish of Feliciana, Louisiana, May 16, 1822 indicating the Hay must have moved his plantation to that state. Slave documents of this size are seldom seen and this is the first we have encountered. Fold separations and weakness repaired with archival tape on verso, usual toning and spotting, else very good.<b> $300-400</b>