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Preferred Citation:

Notation of prices of enslaved persons, Columbia, South Carolina, Special Collections Research Center, William and Mary Libraries

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Gary Barranger, class of '73 Law '76.

Content Description

Folded Confederate letter address sheet that was later used to record the prices for enslaved persons sold in that area in 1864. It was possibly an auction tally.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• African Americans
• Gary Alonzo Barranger
• Slave bills of sale