Sale of Slave

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Title: Sale of Slave
Creator: Marion M. Biggerstaff
Description: This document declares the sale of four slaves—Ritter, Bird, Fanny, and John—to Stephen Bedford for $182.50. It was signed and dated by Marion M. Biggerstaff of Clinton County, Missouri on July 5, 1857.
Date: July 5, 1857
Local Subject: African Americans
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
People: Marion M. Biggerstaff
Geographic Subject: Clinton County, Missouri
Object Type: Legal Document
Owning Organization: Nancy Hillyard Hampton Library and Archival Center
Location: Documents, CH2-DSB Box 4: 17454/735
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