1860, Bart, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
- Title
- 1860, Bart, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
- Description
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Bart, an enslaved man owned by Henry Hull that worked on the plantation, was sold to John [possibly John Linton] after request per Bart.
Partial Transcript: "Bart, one of the plantation hands, came in one night on a pass (every negro had a pass at night to escape arrest and detention)... and said, "Mas Henry, I've had a fuss with my daddy, and I can't stay on the plantation no longer wid him. I want you to sell me." - When Bart came back he said : "Mas' John says he'll buy me." "Mas' John" was my brother in law. So Bart was sold to him and made him a faithful servant until he was freed." - Event Type
- Freedom status transaction: Sale
- Action Status
- Completed
- Date
- 1860
- Date Certainty
- Questionable
- Location
- Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
- Related Event
- 1860, Bart, Male, Mention
- Primary Participant
- Bart
- Freedom Status
- Enslaved
- Enslaver
- Henry Hull
- Author
- Augustus Longstreet Hull
- Buyer
- "Master John" possibly John Linton
- Source Resource
- http://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/api/items/733
