Receipt from William Shackford to James Chesley for sale of Corradan (Corydon) (a slave), 19 July 1756
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Receipt from William Shackford to James Chesley for sale of Corradan (Corydon) (a slave), 19 July 1756
Subject
Slavery --New England --History --18th century
Slaves --Emancipation --Massachusetts
Slaves --Massachusetts
Description
From the Jeremy Belknap papers. Page 2 is a receipt of payment in exchange for freedom of Corydon signed by Otis Baker, "one of the administrators," 13 April 1778. This is a bill of sale for a sixteen-year-old slave named Corradan from William Shackford to James Chesley, 19 July 1756. On the verso is a receipt to Corydon who purchased his freedom for �75 from Otis Baker and Lydia Chesley, the administrators of the estate of James Chesley, 13 April 1778. The individual's name is spelled two different ways (Corradan/Corydon) within this document.
Creator
William Shackford
Publisher
Massachusetts Historical Society, www.masshist.org
Date
19 July 1756
Rights
http://www.masshist.org/legal/rights.cfm
Format
image/JPEG link to text (HTML display of XML document)
Language
English
Type
image link to transcribed text
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Citation
William Shackford, “Receipt from William Shackford to James Chesley for sale of Corradan (Corydon) (a slave), 19 July 1756,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 22, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/26570.
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