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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06996 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1826 |
| Title | Blank printed bill of sale for slaves from Jefferson's estate, for T.J. Randolph |
| Date | ca. 1826 |
| Author | Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Apparently an unused bill of sale for the disposal of Jefferson's slaves by Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jefferson's grandson and executor of his will. "Know all men by these presents, that I, Thomas J. Randolph, Executor of Thomas Jefferson... have bargained and sold, and by these presents do bargain and sell to the said [blank] certain [blank] negro slave [blank], named [blank] late the property of Thomas Jefferson, deceased." |
| Subjects | President Estate Slavery African American History Slave Sale |
| People | Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (1792-1875) |
| Place written | Charlottesville [?] |
| Theme | African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |