Title: Bill of sale for Ralph, an enslaved child, from John Stacy to Nancy Robards, Anson County, North Carolina, 1840 February 8 :manuscript signed.
Date: February 8, 1840
Creator: Stacy, John(of Wadesboro, N.C.), author, seller, enslaver
Contributor: Ralph, approximately 1824-enslaved person
Robards, Nancy, enslaver, buyer

Description:
Bill of sale for "a negro boy named Ralph about sixteen years of age," from John Stacy to Nancy Robards, for $650.
Signed: John Stacy.

Signed by witness: John McLendon.
Title devised by cataloger.
Bill of sale dated in text: Febry. 8th 1840.

At head of document: State of North Carolina, Anson County.
Former title: Bill of sale for one slave boy: Ralph, 16 y.o., $650, to Nancy Robards, N.C.

Source: Duke University Archives of American Slavery Documents