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Collection Number: 00842-z

Collection Title: Bill of Sale for Bill and Political Cartoon, 1839, circa 1861-1865

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Abstract Bill of sale for Bill, an enslaved person 17 years of age, who was trafficked by Weeks Parker to John W. Suttle in Philadelphia County, Pa., 24 July 1839. Bill is described as being of mixed race. The sale was witnessed by Silas Wright and W. C. Henry. Attached to the bill of sale is a political cartoon, circa 1861-1865, depicting enslaved people escaping to Union forces at Fort Monroe, Va., during the Civil War.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Bill of Sale for Bill and Political Cartoon, #842-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [NOTE: previous title for collection was Weeks Parker Slave Bill of Sale.]
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, November 2009

Conscious editing by Nancy Kaiser, December 2023: Updated title, abstract, subject headings, scope and content note.

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Bill of sale for Bill, an enslaved person 17 years of age, who was trafficked by Weeks Parker to John W. Suttle in Philadelphia County, Pa., 24 July 1839. Bill is described as being of mixed race. The sale was witnessed by Silas Wright and W. C. Henry. Attached to the bill of sale is a political cartoon, circa 1861-1865, depicting enslaved people escaping to Union forces at Fort Monroe, Va., during the Civil War.

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