Minor Julia Emma Reynolds and her guardian, Edward Daniel Bailey, ask for permission to sell Julia's sixteen slaves. They state that Julia "owns no lands on which to employ the said negroes." Bailey informs the court that someone has offered to pay $9,000 in cash to buy the slaves, "which he considers an advantageous price for them." Having been informed that the court must sanction the sale, he and his ward ask the court for its approval.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
