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Bill Of Sale For Enslaved Black Family-Washington, NC
Enslaved Black family sold for $1000.00

This is the original Bill of Sale dated June 9, 1855 that shows George Dixon sold an enslaved family to Benjamin Franklin Havens of Washington, NC for the sum of $1,000.
The family consisted of 22 year old Mary Ann and her two children, John aged four and daughter Virginia two years old.
Benjamin Havens was a well known merchant in Washington (NC)
This document is housed in the George and Laura Brown Library in the Havens Collection, in Washington, NC.
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