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John Benstone

John Benstone

John Benstone is a slave-owning person, who was in Charlestown, South Carolina in 1736. He sold an Indigenous person.

  • Sale
  • January 24, 1736
  • For ready Money, 1500 Bushells of rough Rice extra-ordinary good, or a lesser Quantity, one Indian Fel-low about 17 Years of age, very fit for the Sea or Land Imployment, fine Saddle Horses and good draught Horses, and one Town Lott in Beaufort Town Port Royal, known by Humb. 38. Enquire of John …

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(1736). In The South-Carolina Gazette. Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/image/605370588/?match=1&terms=indian%20slave [Stolen Relations project at Brown University.]

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