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Certification of Tony’s consent to be sold to John Neilson for 5 years

1798-04-24
Phillips, Elijah

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Elijah Phillips, a judge of the Middlesex County Court of Common Pleas, certifies that an enslaved man named Tony consents to be sold to John Neilson.

Bill of sale for Tony

1798-04-24
Read, Thomas

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Thomas Read and Moses Scott (on behalf of Archibold Read) sold a man named Tony to John Neilson for $100.

Manumission of Sarah by slaveholder Andrew Kirkpatrick

1802-07-03
Middlesex County Clerk

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Slaveholder Andrew Kirkpatrick manumitted a woman named Sarah on July 3, 1802. Sarah was between 21 and 40 years old, and her exact age was not recorded by the court. The Middlesex County Book of Manumissions and Removals contains one record related…