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This bill of sale was issued to Hector A. Chinn of Lafayette County, Missouri, for the purchase of 17-year-old Reuben McCausland for $1.
Date: April 15, 1862
Item Number: 532617
Call Number: Slaves and Slavery history collection, coll. #640
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 532617
Collections - Manuscript
Date - 1861-1869 - 1862
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Bill-of-sale
People - African Americans - Slavery
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Financial records
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Receipt
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