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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Co-sponsored event: on December 1, Dr. Kerri Greenidge will discuss her newly released book The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family in an in-person event co-sponsored by the Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, the Boston African American National Historic Site, and Royall House and Slave Quarters. Learn more!

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