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[SLAVERY] 1854 Texas Slave Hire Document
[SLAVERY] 1854 Texas Slave Hire Document
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Autograph letter signed by Thomas Taylor to Samuel Shropshire. [Columbus, Colorado County, Texas], 7 January 1861. 1 page, 4to, 7 7/8 x 9 in.

Thomas Taylor, who had settled in Colorado County, Texas in 1854, writes regarding paying for hired-out slaves from the plantation of Samuel Shropshire, the owner of a 750-acre plantation who enslaved over 60 individuals. He opens: "Mr. Shropshire requested me to let you know that he wishes the negro hire settled." He continues with his own money problems, informing him that no hogs were delivered.

Condition: very small separations along old folds with minor toning.

[African Americana, African American History, Slavery, Abolition, Enslavement, Emancipation, Manuscripts, Documents, Letters, Ephemera]
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[SLAVERY] 1854 Texas Slave Hire Document

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