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- Subject is exactly "Slavery--United States"
Petition by the executors of the estate of Edmund Townsend, 1854
Petition by the executors of the estate of Edmund Townsend directing the disposition of two female slaves who are the daughters of the deceased.
Special mortgage on twenty two slaves by Francis Duplessis, 1839
Special mortgage taken by Francis (Francois) Duplessis (b. 1786 in New Orleans) on twenty two slaves. This mortgage, held by the Union Bank of Louisiana, replaces a previous mortgage on thirty one slaves.