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On the relationship between local credit systems and mortgages backed by slave property, see Bonnie Martin, “Slavery’s Invisible Engine: Mortgaging Human Property,” Journal of Southern History 76, no.

From Slate • Jul. 9, 2015

At operas and plays parading, Mortgaging, gambling, masquerading.

From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan