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1833 Missouri Bill of Sale — Mason, Enslaved Man, Howard County (Thomas Burns to D.P. Jackson)
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Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Burns of Howard County, State of Missouri have this day bargained and sold to D.P. Jackson a certain negro man named Mason between thirty and thirty-one years of age, for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars to me in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. I do warrant said Mason to be sound in body and mind and a slave for life and do warrant and defend the right and title of said Mason from all claims whatsoever. Given under my hand and seal this twelfth day of March 1833. Signed Thomas Burns. [Seal]
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Time Period: Pre-1865 (Slavery Era)
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