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Barron Peter

From the Probate Inventory of Isaac Royall, Sr., 1739:

9 Negro Men Named Fortune, Barron Peter, Ned, house Peter, Robin, Quamino, Cuffe, Smith, Phillip (valued at 900 pounds)

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