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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01447.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Miscellaneous papers from the Jones Family of Virginia |
| Title | In Hanover County Court January 23rd 1838 |
| Date | 23 January 1838 |
| Author | Winslow, Philip B. (fl. 1838) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Orders sheriff to hire out free "negroes and mulattoes" who had failed to pay their taxes for as much time as it takes to raise ninety cents each. Stipulates that they cannot be carried out of the county and must be hired for no less than eight cents a day. |
| Subjects | Law African American History Indentured Servant Slavery Freemen Taxes or Taxation Finance |
| People | Winslow, Philip B. (fl. 1838) |
| Place written | Hanover Court House, Virginia |
| Theme | African Americans; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |