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[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. A pair of documents related to claims for compensation made by enslavers to the Confederate States Army for deceased slaves. South Carolina, 1864-65.
Estimate: $400-$600
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$500
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American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Location
Cincinnati
Description

[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. A pair of documents related to claims for compensation made by enslavers to the Confederate States Army for deceased slaves. South Carolina, 1864-65. 


Partly-printed "Original Receipt" for "Claim No.125." Columbia, South Carolina. 8 January 1864. 1p, 8 1/2 x 6 in. (dampstaining, creasing). Signed by enslaver Alex Austin acknowledging receipt from the state of South Carolina of $2,000 "for compensation for his slave, named Butler, lost by reason of the employment of the said slave by the authorities of the Confederate Government upon the military fortifications in this State." Docketed on verso.

[With:] ASHLEY, William (1797-1879). Autograph letter signed ("Wm. Ashley"), to South Carolina state auditor James Tupper. [Barnwell District, S.C.], 7 January 1865. 1p, 6 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (creasing, toning). Enslaver Ashley writes to Tupper stating that "you owe me for two negroes..." impressed into the Confederate war effort. Docketing on verso.

The 1860 U.S. Federal Slave Schedule indicates that Ashley enslaved 108 men, women, and children.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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