1860, Bart, Male, Mention
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1860, Bart, Male, Mention
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Bart requested Henry Hull to sell him due to an argument between Bart and his father.
Partial Transcript: "Bart, one of the plantation hands, came in one night on a pass, 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." - My father enquired into the trouble and told Bart to stay in town the next day and think better of it. The next night he still asked that he be sold. My father told him to go and find a new master."
Partial Transcript: "Bart, one of the plantation hands, came in one night on a pass, 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." - My father enquired into the trouble and told Bart to stay in town the next day and think better of it. The next night he still asked that he be sold. My father told him to go and find a new master."
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1860
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