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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: N2017-114
Creator: Cabell, E. C. 1816-1896
Title, Dates: Bill of Sale for Enslaved Persons Joannah, Jeff, and Sarah, 1842,
Amount: 1 folders
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Biographical/Historical:     William Munroe III (1819-1882) was born in Scotland and immigrated to the United States as a child. He came to Gadsden County around 1840 and married his first wife, Cornelia Fitzgerald (1828-1856) in 1844, and his second wife, Julia Welch (1835-1915) in 1857. Munroe was a prolific enslaver, recording 119 enslaved men, women, and children for the 1860 Federal Census.

    Edward Carrington Cabell (1816-1896) was the first United States Representative from Florida from 1845 to 1853. He moved to Tallahassee, Florida in 1837, and he later served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate States Army.
Summary:     This collection contains a bill for the sale of three enslaved persons - Joannah, Jeff, and Sarah - whom were sold at public auction in Quincy, Florida, to a William Monroe after their previous enslaver, William Maner, lost a mortgage foreclosure case against the Union Bank of Florida. The auction and sale were overseen by commissioners C. H. Dupont and E. C. Cabell.
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General Note: Previously State Library of Florida Manuscripts Collection MS127.
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Subject Access Fields: Cabell, E. C. 1816-1896 (Edward Carrington)
African Americans History To 1863. Florida
Slavery Florida
Quincy (Fla.)
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