Document listing sales of enslaved persons, farm equipment and acreage

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A single sheet document listing sales of enslaved persons, farm equipment and acreage to various buyers from the papers of Alfred Williams Morrison. The information is presented in three columns with the buyers at left, a description of property (including names of enslaved persons) at center, and the price at right. The list of buyers includes S.M. Morrison (son of A. W. Morrison), J. L. Hughes, W.G. Boon, McGraw, and Jas. Richardson among others. The list of enslaved persons is "Boy Dick, Queen, George, Wash, Henry, and (illegible)." Also listed is "1 Yoke Cattle" and several parcels of land. The sales are listed in ink and there are various figures and equations written in graphite on the lower half of the document. There are no marks or inscriptions on the verso.

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