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Receipt for the Sale of an Enslaved Person, Savannah, Georgia, September 2, 1832

Printed receipt for the sale of an enslaved person named Bella, age 11, for $940. The receipt is signed by M. Cohen and dated September 2, 1832, in Savannah, Georgia. This document offers valuable insight into the little-documented practice of Jewish involvement in the slave trade in the antebellum South.

Associated People/Businesses

Cohen, M.

Geography

Savannah

Subjects

Slavery
Slave trade
African Americans

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 2