Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nancy Turner | grantor | |||
John Bridges | grantee | |||
Paris | Black ("negro") | Male | enslaved |
Bill of sale was recorded on 23 February 1803. Nancy [Nanny] Turner of the City of Washington for $150 sells to John Bridges of Georgetown a Negro boy named Paris to "have and hold as a slave for life." Signed by Nanny Turner on 26 January 1803 [Compiler's note: See other entries for Nanny Turner in Liber I-9, where a Negro boy named Paris is also mentioned.]