| Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Humphreys | grantor | |||
| Jonathan Short | grantee | |||
| Lively | 5 | Black ("negro") | Female | enslaved |
Know all men by these presents that I Henry Humphreys of the county of Guilford and State of North Carolina hath bargained and sold to Jonathan B. Short of the county of Guildford and State aforesaid a Negroe female child for life named Lively now about five years old for and in consideration of the sum of Two Hundred and Thirty Dollars in hand paid by the said Jonathan B. Short the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and doth mend myself my Heirs Executors Administrators And for ever defend the said Lively a female slave from the claim or claims of any person or persons whatsoever
