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Bill of Sale (R8.079)

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Bill of Sale (R8.079)

Transaction Date: 
1/7/1840
Summary of transaction: 
Aymée Coralie Jason approves of the sale her husband, Louis Bethancourt, made to Jacques Telesphore Roman. The sale was for an enslaved woman named Mathilde ( age 21) and her daughter Hélène (age 1). The purchase price was 800 piasters.
Reference source: 
St. James Clerk of Court, Conveyance Record, v 18 act 350

 

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