National Museum of African American History and Culture
Bahamian bill of sale for enslaved individuals, Trim and Flora
James Stevens, Bahamian · February 8, 1799
This is a Bahamian bill of sale for two enslaved individuals, Trim and Flora. The seller, James Stevens notes that the buyer, John Addison will benefit from Flora’s future “increase,” a term enslavers used to value unborn children of slaves.
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