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 ====Deeds====
-Slaves were treated as chattel and their sale may be listed as a deed in land and property records of the county or state. Sometimes slaves were bequeathed or sold as part of the probate of an estate and this transfer or sale may be listed as a deed mixed in with probate records.
+Enslaved people were treated as chattel (property) and thus any transaction involving them may be listed as a deed in land and property records of the county or state. This could include bills of sale, deeds of gift, chattel mortgages (when the enslaved person was used as collateral for a promissory note), marriage contracts (when the wife was bringing enslaved persons into the marriage), estate settlements, quit claim deeds, etc. Sometimes slaves were bequeathed or sold as part of the probate of an estate and this transfer or sale may be listed as a deed mixed in with probate records.
 ====Registers of Slaves, Registers of Freedmen, and Manumission Papers====