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1857 petition for the sale of a slave named Elvira because "of her machination for running away"

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1857 Petition for the Sale of a Slave Named Elvira Because "of Her Machination for Running Away". . 1857. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54179.

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(1857). 1857 petition for the sale of a slave named Elvira because "of her machination for running away". Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54179.

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1857 Petition for the Sale of a Slave Named Elvira Because "of Her Machination for Running Away". 1857. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://digitalcollections.samford.edu/documents/detail/54179.

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  • Petition and report of sale of a 12-year-old slave named Elvira, 1857, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The slave was owned by Thomas B. Stone, and then later by William M. Stone. The petition is an order to the court to have Elvira sold at a private sale because "of her machination for running away."
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