Bill of sale for Philip, an enslaved man, to A. Carson, Alexander County, North Carolina, 1839 June 6: manuscript copy.
Date: June 13, 1839
Creator: McIntosh, Alexander Campbell, 1810-1889, author, seller, trustee
Contributor: Philip (Enslaved person in North Carolina), enslaved person
James, Wm. G.(William G.), 1812 or 1813-trustee
Carson, A.(Alfred), 1815-1881, enslaver, buyer

Description:
Bill of sale for "one negro man named Philip," from trustees A.C. McIntosh, Wm. G. James, and A. Carson to A. Carson, for $400.

The document is headed State of North Carolina, Alexander County. As Alexander County was not founded until 1847 and the signatures appear extremely similar, the document is likely a copy made after 1847.
Signed: A.C. McIntosh, Wm. G. James, A. Carson.
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In different hand at lower left: D.C. Crawford.
Title devised by cataloger.
Title on verso: A.C. McIntosh, Wm. G. James, A. Carson, trustees, to A. Carson bill of sale for negro man named Philip.
Text on verso in different hand: Reviewed by R. P. Flowers.
Bill of sale dated in text: This June 13th 1839.
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At head of document: State of North Carolina, Alexander County.
Former title: Bill of sale for one slave man: Philip, $400, S.C.

Source: Duke University Archives of American Slavery Documents