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[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. Partly printed document recording the sale of a named enslaved female subject from Georgia to William P. Montgomery of Mississippi. New Orleans, LA, 18 February 1856.
Estimate: $500-$700
Sold
$400
Live Auction
American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Location
Cincinnati
Description
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Partly printed document recording the sale of an enslaved young woman identified as a "slave for life named 'Roda' aged about fifteen years" from John W. Gordon of Montgomery, AL, to William P. Montgomery of Washington County, MS, for $1,050. The document notes that the enslaved woman was "imported...from the state of Georgia," and is "...fully guaranteed against the redhibitory vices, maladies and defects prescribed by law."
Research indicates that William P. Montgomery lived in Natchez, MS, and later moved to Greenville, MS, where he built "Locust" Plantation.
Partly printed document recording the sale of an enslaved young woman identified as a "slave for life named 'Roda' aged about fifteen years" from John W. Gordon of Montgomery, AL, to William P. Montgomery of Washington County, MS, for $1,050. The document notes that the enslaved woman was "imported...from the state of Georgia," and is "...fully guaranteed against the redhibitory vices, maladies and defects prescribed by law."
Research indicates that William P. Montgomery lived in Natchez, MS, and later moved to Greenville, MS, where he built "Locust" Plantation.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Property from a 35-Year Collection from the Southern United States
Condition
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