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- Dated December 12, 1754. Bill of Sale of "molatto slave" Casar, 16 years old, from Joseph Woodbridge, boat builder to Richard Greenleaf, Gentleman. Citation: Casear vs Greenleaf Esq, Essex County Court of Common Pleas, September 1773, 29.
Transcription:Know all men by these Presents that I Joseph Woodbridge of Newbury in the county of Essex and Province of the Massachusetts Bay Boatbuilder. In consideration of the Sum of Sixty-Six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence lawfull money to me in hand paid by Richard Greenleaf of the same Newbury Gentleman Do hereby Grant and sell to the said Richard Greenleaf my molatto slave Casar of about sixteen years of age. To have and to hold the said molatto slave to him the said Richard Greenleaf his heirs assigns Executors & Administrators as an absolute Estate forever free from any manner of Incumbrance. and to be his & their slave & servant during his Natural Life. And I the said Joseph for myself, my Executors & Administrators Do hereby covenant with the said Richard Greenleaf his Executors & Administrators that I have good right to sell and Dispose of the Molatto aforesaid to him in manner as aforesaid and that i will warrant and defend him against the claims of any Person whatsoever In Testimony whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal this Tweflth Day of December Annoque Domini 1754. Signed Sealed and Delivered In the Presence of Joseph Woodbridge John Knight Benjamin Woodbridge