List of enslaved persons hired out by AB Rouzee for the year 1812

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This document is titled at the top, "A List of [illegible] A.B. Rouzee Negroes for 1812" and contains an itemized list of enslaved persons owned by the Rouzee family that were hired out during 1812. The list contains the name of the enslaved person, the person they were hired by, and the monetary or trade amount owed to the Rouzee family for their labor. The document is handwritten in black ink. On the reverse is written "List negro hire." The paper has been folded vertically multiple times.

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