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[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. A group of 3 manuscript documents related to enslaved persons, comprising:
Estimate: $400-$600
Sold
$200
Live Auction
American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Location
Cincinnati
Description

[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. A group of 3 manuscript documents related to enslaved persons, comprising:


Manuscript receipt for "one negro boy named Lewis valued at six hundred & seventy five dollars...." N.p., 27 April 1834. 1p, 8 x 3 1/4 in. (creasing, toning).

Manuscript "sale bill of the estate of Matthew Hunter Decd" listing "a Negro woman Sill" valued at $150. South Carolina, 1835. 2pp, 8 x 6 in. (creasing, toning, small tear bottom edge line).

[With:] Manuscript legal document related to the partitioning of the estate of Mrs. Lirzah P. Brown in April 1864, and noting that William H. Green, a minor, was gifted $12,400 of "negro property." Lancaster Court House, County of Lancaster, South Carolina. 20 October 1870. 1p, 12.5 x in. (creasing, toning).

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Property from the Augustana Collection

Condition
Freeman's I Hindman strives to describe historic materials in a manner that is respectful to all communities, providing descriptive contexts for objects where possible. The nature of historical ephemera is such that some material may represent positions, language, values, and stereotypes that are not consistent with the current values and practices at Freeman's I Hindman.