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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08544 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Receipt for purchase of slave named Ward |
| Date | 2 January 1863 |
| Author | Fergus, Daniel (fl. 1863) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Certifies receipt of $1900 from William R. and John Curtey[?] for a slave named Ward. Signed a day after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect. |
| Subjects | Slavery Slave Sale African American History Emancipation Proclamation |
| People | Fergus, Daniel (fl. 1863) Ward (fl. 1863) |
| Place written | Wilmington, North Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |