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Confederate Slave Hire Contract

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1pp. Document detailing the hire of one “negro man Vincent” by the Confederate government. Vincent’s enslaver, WJ Johnson, was paid $225 for the length of Vincent’s service. As part of the agreement, Provost Marshall AJ Jones stipulates that Vincent will be provided “1 coat, 1 shirt, and 1 pair of pants.”

Rare documentation of slave labor being used by the Confederacy to assist in the war effort.

[African-American History, Slave, Slavery, Abolition, Abolitionist, Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Union, Confederate, Document, Letter]

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Confederate Slave Hire Contract

Name: Confederate Slave Hire Contract
SKU: 144720619
Price: 450 USD
Availability: InStock

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