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Slave deed from Robert Glass to William Harrison, Jr., Williamson County, Tennessee, 1848 April 22

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A slave deed bill of sale, witnessed on April 22, 1848, regarding the transfer of a slave from Robert Glass to William Harrison, Jr., of Williamson County, Tennessee. The document states that Glass sold to William Harrison, Jr. a "man called Sam about twenty three or four years old" for the sum payment of six hundred dollars. Another person cited on the document is A.B. Ewing. Forms part of the Harrison House Collection. 1 document : b & w ; 16 x 20 cm.
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Business
  3. Economic & Political Systems
  4. Ewing, Andrew B
  5. Franklin
  6. Genealogy
  7. Glass, Robert
  8. Harrison House (Franklin, Tenn.)
  9. Harrison, William, 1825 1889
  10. History
  11. Plantation Owners
  12. Slave Bills Of Sale
  13. Slaver
  14. Slavery
  15. Slaves
  16. Social Conditions
  17. Sources
  18. Tennessee
  19. Tennessee, Middle
  20. Williamson County
  21. Williamson County (Tenn.)

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