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Manumission of Abraham Glasgow by slaveholder Andrew Kirkpatrick
Middlesex County Clerk
1809-05-01
Slaveholder Andrew Kirkpatrick manumitted a man named Abraham Glasgow on May 1, 1809. Kirkpatrick and Glasgow appeared in court on April 29, 1809. The county officials examined Abraham Glasgow’s certificate of baptism to confirm that he was between…
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Bill of sale for Mark for $20 until he turns 25
Neilson, James
1838-12-16
James Neilson (1784-1862) sells a black man named Mark to Abraham Veghte for a term of five years for $20. Mark is a 20-year-old slave for a term, and…