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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
(MANUSCRIPT SLAVE DOCUMENT - NEW YORK.) "For unlawfully taking and detaining a Negro man named Will." Single folio leaf, 12x7 1/2 inches, written on one side and docketed on the reverse, signed by all concerned parties with two red seals; creases where folded; paper evenly toned. Albany County, 1772
Apparently a family dispute, probably over an inheritance. Petrus van Bergen and William van Bergen are being brought to court to give up a Negro man named Will to their brother, Martin van Bergen. Witnessed by Cornelius Glen and Matthew Vischer. Peter van Bergen was a member of the New York State Senate.
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