Title: [Slave bill of sale, Hendrick Van Beuren and Peter Lefferts]

Date: October 15, 1779

Creator: Van Beuren, Hendrick, 1762-1797

Lefferts, Peter, 1753-1791

Description:
In this 1779 slave bill of sale, Peter Lefferts purchased "a negro wench" named Jenny from Hendrick Van Beuren for ninety pounds. The document tells us that Jenny was about thirty years old at the time of sale.

Format: slave bill of sale

Citation:
Slave bill of sale, Hendrick Van Beuren and Peter Lefferts, October 15, 1779; Lefferts family papers, ARC. 145, box 1, folder 2; Brooklyn Historical Society.

Language: English

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