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190. WILLIAM BAILEY PAPERS
ca. 800 items, 1773-1888
Business, legal, and personal correspondence and accounts of this dry
goods and tobacco businessman from Halifax County.
Many of the financial and legal documents contain information regarding
slavery and individual slaves, such as birth dates of slaves, mothers'
names,
bills of sale, agreements for the
hire of slaves, tax lists, and records of tobacco production.
(Acc.
10586)
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