1860, Bart, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)

Title: 1860, Bart, Male, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
Description: 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
Cause: 1860, Bart, Male, Mention
Source: Annals of Athens, Georgia; Page 286
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

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