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African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition

Bill of sale for slave named 'Dinah'
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Reverend John Breynton of St Paul's Anglican Church, Halifax, sold his slave, 'Dinah', to Peter Shey. Dinah was in her mid-twenties.

Date: 19 November 1776

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives  MG 100 volume 113 number 51 (microfilm 15169)

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