(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION RECONSTRUCTION) ALABAMA We Abner Kin

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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600

$200 FOR A MARRIAGE LICENSE (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--RECONSTRUCTION.) ALABAMA. "We Abner King, a Freedman . . . are firmly bound . . . in the penal sum of two hundred dollars . . . whereas the said Abner King hath this day prayed a License from the Judge of the Probate Court. . ." Long folio leaf, a partially printed document, accomplished by hand. Lawrence County, AL, 21 July 1866

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an extraordinary document binding "abner king, a freedman" to the judge of the court of this Alabama county for the sum of $200 for a marriage license. Someone named O. Choisun [?] is named as "security." An unbelievable exploitation of this freedman, who obviously did not know what the cost of a marriage license should be. Certainly NOT $200.00!