Lot 18
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Administrator’s Sale of Slaves. Clay County, MO: N.p., 9 March 1858.
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Feb 28, 2023
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[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Administrator’s Sale of Slaves. Clay County, MO: N.p., 9 March 1858.
9 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. letterpress broadside (toning, short marginal tears); framed to 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (not examined out of frame). Signed in type by administrator Isaac Brown, administratrix Nancy Peebley, and auctioneer J.M. Sullivan.
A broadside advertising a court-ordered auction of 9 enslaved individuals, listed by name with their approximate ages: Nathan (about 30), George-Ann (about 30) and her girl child (about 8 months), Elizabeth (about 25) and her two girls (2 years and 10 months), Elizabeth's son John (about 6), Frank (about 44), Ephraim (about 33).
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
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