National Museum of African American History and Culture
Bond for the hire of enslaved man named Harry by the Virginia Central Railroad
Virginia Central Railroad Company, 1850 - 1868 · 1852
Bond dated 1852 from Virginia Central Railroad Company promising to pay $100 to Robert King of Albemarle [Virginia?] "for the hire of Negro Harry" "to be employed on the Virginia Central Railroad, and to be returned well clothed in the usual way and with a Hat and Blanket." Signed: "[?] Fontaine", Pres't" Many inscriptions on reverse indicating the bond was cashed.
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