Agreement, "Exchange of Slaves between B.M. Campbell and A. Truxillo," May 29, 1860

TRANSCRIPTION:

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Exchange of Slaves
Between
B. M. Campbell
&
A. Truxillo
May 29th 1860

[unreadable] in this City
Edward Barnett
Notary Public
[No. 42] Royal St.

State of Louisiana__City of New Orleans__Be it known that on this twenty ninth day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred & sixty and of the independence of these United States of America the eighty fourth__Before me Edward Barnett, a notary public in and for the City & Parish of New Orleans, state of Louisiana [aforesaid] duly commissioned & sworn__Personally came and appeared Walter Louis Campbell of this City, attorney in fact of Bernard Moore Campbell of Baltimore, Maryland, [appointed] by power of attorney passed under private signature dated the 15th day of June 1850, the same day duly acknowledged before A. [G.] [Penington] a Justice of the Peace for the said State of Maryland & [unreadable] in the office of A. Barnett on the 26th day of same month & year of the [one] part__And Antoine Truxillo, of the parish of Assumption in this State of the other part__Which said appearers acting as aforesaid mutually declared that they do hereby make the following exchange of slaves [to rit];__The said Walter L. Campbell acting as aforesaid gives in exchange to the said Antoine Truxillo [present] [unreadable] his heirs & assigns & [unreadable] there of__A certain negro man slave named [Peter] [Dawkins] aged about twenty four [unreadable] valued at seventeen hundred dollars [unreadable] against the [unreadable] & [unreadable] prescribed by Law the legal property of said Seller and by him [unreadable] into this state [conformably] to Law, as he hereby declares__And the said Antoine Truxillo gives in counter exchange to the said Bernard M. Campbell represented by said Walter Lewis Campbell present and accepting for him his heirs & assigns and acknowledging [unreadable] there of__A certain negro man slave for life named George Williams aged about nineteen years valued at seventeen hundred dollars, hereby exchanged without any guarantee whatever the legal property of said Truxillo and by him acquired by purchase for the said B. M. Campbell [unreadable] act passed before me Notary on the 16th of this current month__To have and to hold the said slaves unto the said exchanging [unreadable] their heirs & assigns forever__And the said parties do hereby mutually declare that they [dispensed] with the certificate required by the article 3328 civil code of this State hereby releasing the undersigned Notary from all responsibility in the [premises]__Thus done and passed in my office at the City of New Orleans aforesaid the day, month & year aforesaid in presence of Antoine [unreadable] and Marcel [unreadable] competent witnesses who have hereinto sign their names as such, with said parties give Notary__Original signed Walter L. Campbell Antoine Truxillo__M.[T.] [Dueros] A Conand - Edward Barnett Not Pub: [unreadable]__New Orleans May 29th 1860__

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