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Account of hires of enslaved persons belonging to Apphia Rouzzee for 1812

1812-1813

Culpeper County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This document contains lists of enslaved persons owned by A.B. Rouzee and hired out in Culpeper, Virginia. The list at the top documents the hires for 1812 and the list below it documents the hires for 1813. The lists consist of the name of the enslaved person, the name of the person who hired the enslaved person, and the amount owed A.B. Rouzee for the labor or services provided by the enslaved person. The document consists of single, folded page handwritten in black ink. On the reverse is written "a/c of negro hire 1813."

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Catalog reference: 2011.104.23

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