Learn him the business of a planter.

by Lisa Y. Henderson

13 Nov 1771. Ordered that Dick a base born child born of the body of Lucy Jones a negro be bound to Joseph Norris untill he attain to a Lawful Age being born the 15th of June Last his said master to learn him the business of a planter.

Minutes, November Term 1771, Bute County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions.