{"product_id":"1760-colonial-slave-bill-of-sale-west-new-jersey-jack-pre-revolution","title":"1760 Colonial Slave Bill Of Sale West New Jersey “Jack” Pre Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e1760 COLONIAL SLAVE BILL OF SALE – WEST NEW JERSEY – Named Enslaved Man \"Jack\" – Pre-Revolutionary America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffered is an extraordinary original colonial American manuscript documenting the sale of an enslaved man in West New Jersey during the reign of King George II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDated March 25, 1760, this rare document records that Henry Cooper of Northampton Township, Burlington County, West New Jersey sold to Thomas Haines:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One Negro Man named Jack about the age of Thirty Eight Years\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor the sum of Seventy Pounds lawful money of the Province.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript is fully executed, signed by Henry Cooper, witnessed by William Norton, and retains its original red wax seal. The document conveys ownership of the enslaved man Jack to Thomas Haines, his heirs and assigns forever, using the standard legal language of colonial slave transactions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorical Significance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis document predates the American Revolution by sixteen years and survives from a period when slavery was firmly established in the northern colonies. Original colonial slave-sale documents are considerably scarcer than nineteenth-century examples and are among the most important surviving records of early American slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript preserves the recorded identity of an enslaved man named Jack and documents a transaction that occurred in colonial Burlington County, New Jersey, one of the principal regions of slaveholding in the Mid-Atlantic colonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetails\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal manuscript document\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDated March 25, 1760\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorthampton Township, Burlington County\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWest New Jersey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNames enslaved man Jack\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAge approximately 38 years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSale price: £70\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSigned by Henry Cooper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitnessed by William Norton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal wax seal present\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePre-Revolutionary War American document\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGood condition for a colonial manuscript more than 265 years old. Fold lines, edge wear, scattered staining, and minor losses consistent with age. Ink remains dark and highly legible. Original wax seal survives. Please review photographs carefully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollecting Categories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColonial America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlavery \u0026amp; Abolition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Jersey History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrican American History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarly American Manuscripts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenealogy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLegal Americana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuseum \u0026amp; Institutional Collections\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exceptionally rare and historically important colonial slave-sale document naming an enslaved man in pre-Revolutionary America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Signature Documents LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52374441885978,"sku":"EB-327222090204","price":9995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/57_7683fa57-690f-45d8-b5e4-d9a3c7f5bfd4.jpg?v=1781893482","url":"https:\/\/www.thearchiveauthority.com\/products\/1760-colonial-slave-bill-of-sale-west-new-jersey-jack-pre-revolution","provider":"Signature Documents LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}