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Indenture for Lucy
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Indenture for Lucy

March 19, 1793 Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)

An indenture for "Negro Girl Lucy," signed by Jediah Higgins and Ralph Sansberry.

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MS188, Manuscript Collection, Historical Society of Princeton (Princeton, NJ).

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