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Dillon, Thomas

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Letter from Thomas Dillon to Major Peter Bennet concerns horses Dillon would like to sell and discusses the horse trading business in North Carolina and adjacent states. Dillon indicates that he would consider trading the horses for a "negro or negroes" whom he would then sell.
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North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

Keywords

  1. Bennet, Peter,Correspondent
  2. Horse Trading
  3. Slaver
  4. Slavery
  5. Southern States
  6. Tennessee

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