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Item Information

Title

Tile 26

Subject

Former Slave to Enslaved Family

Description

Letter from slave (Sim Neal), who came to Tennessee as a slave of James, to his mother, brother, and sisters at the Aaron Neal plantation near Louisburg, N.C. Sim mentioned purchasing a tract of land, an act that seems inconsistent with his legal status as a slave.

Creator

Sim Neal

Source

Neal family papers, 1816-1916.
4370

Date

3 September 1827

Identifier

04370_0004_0023
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