Receipt for sale of four enslaved persons

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Receipt for sale of four enslaved persons

1856

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/26571

Receipt for the sale of Samuel, Lucy, Martha & Matilda, four enslaved persons, to Joseph M. Foy from Gaston [Meares?], for the total of $2,185.00.

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11657139

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Foy, Joseph Mumford, 1817-1861

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Joseph Mumford Foy was an enslaver and owner of the Poplar Grove Plantation located in Scotts Hill in Pender County near Wilmington, North Carolina. Foy was born May 25, 1817. Despite being an avowed Unionist, Foy operated a sweet potato and peanut plantation which enslaved many of Gullah Geechee people. Foy was married to Mary Ann Simmons and died April 1, 1861. His family plantation is now a museum and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places....