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Wife Sold by Her Husband in Georgia
A Georgia man sold his wife to a merchant for 150 dollars to remove her from his control. The buyer took her to New York, leaving the husband free of the marriage. The tale evokes harsh views on property in marriage and the harshness of such transactions.
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Georgia
Stewart County
New York
Afuscogee Demgeral
Wilmington
Gupt. Marshall
Samuel Potter
Doughis
Rio de Janeiro
Detrosset & Brown
Smithville
1 Daily Journal
Publ
Charleston
Feed Code of
Roel
Turkey
Rom
Peta