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Title	Bill of Sale for 5 Slaves
Description	Bill of sale from William H. Browning to John P. Darden for five slaves: Ruben, William, Henry, Fanny, and Jane. Transaction took place in Gibson, Mississippi.
Digital ID#	3-004.jpg
Physical ID	3-004
Object Type	text
Creator	Browning, William H.
Subject	Darden, John P. Browning, Wm H. Port Gibson (Miss.)--History. African-Americans--Mississippi--Claiborne County. Slaves--Mississippi--Claiborne County--Bills of sale.
Geographic location	Port Gibson (Miss.)
Date (original)	1837-01-31
Date	January 31, 1837
Time period	1830-1839
Original Collection	Darden Family Papers
Publisher	Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Rights	Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Format (original)	document: 1 p. 25.4 x 20.7 cm.
Format (digital)	JPEG
Repository	Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Location of Original	Box 1/Legal papers, 1835-1919 and undated
Related materials	A digitization project sponsored by the Consortium for the History of Agricultural and Rural Mississippi (CHARM).
Language	en
Contact information	For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679.
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Transcript	Port-Gibson Jany 31st 1831 Know all men by these present that for and in consideration of the sum of [struck: twenty five hundred] ^five thousand Dollars I have this day bargained sold and delivered to Jno. P. Darden the following negroes viz Ruben William Henry Family and Jane. I hereby warrant said negroes Slaves for life and also I warrant the title against all claims or claimants whatever. But I do not warrant them sound either in body or mind, given under my hand this day and date above mentioned Wm H. Browning {seal}
Collection Title	Darden family papers

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