Title: [Slave bill of sale, Gilleyam Cornel and Jan Lefferts]

Date: May 22, 1751

Creator: Cornel, Gilleyam

Lefferts, John, 1718-1776

Description:
In this slave bill of sale, Gilleyam Cornel sold "one certain neger girl called Anna" to Jan (John) Lefferts for the sum of thirty eight pounds. Because Gilleyam Cornel was illiterate, he signed the document not with a signature, but with "his mark."

Format: slave bill of sale

Citation:
Slave bill of sale, Gilleyam Cornel and Jan Lefferts, May 22, 1751; Lefferts family papers, ARC.145, box 3, folder 9; Brooklyn Historical Society.

Language: English

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