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(SOUTH CAROLINA PRINTED SLAVE BILL OF SALE)

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(SOUTH CAROLINA PRINTED SLAVE BILL OF SALE)
Especially rare partly-printed South Carolina slave bill of sale, 1p. legal folio, Charleston, May 6, 1855 in which the Court of Equity certifies that it has sold slave "Ben" to Adrian M. Beach for the sum of $565.00, such sale likely undertaken to settle a dispute over the slave's title. This is the first time we have encountered a document in which the seller of the slave was a public entity. Typical toning, otherwise very good.