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[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript marriage indenture describing the division of enslaved. Macon County, Alabama, 3 May 1852.
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Lot Description
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript marriage indenture describing the division of enslaved. Macon County, Alabama, 3 May 1852.
5 pages, folio, 8 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. blue paper, some offsetting. Undersigned and sealed. Docketed to the verso.
A marriage indenture between Miller Woodson McCraw, Jr. (1802-1870) and Nancy Virginia (nee Bass) Saunders (1800-1874) which details the handling of their estates in different scenarios, especially Nancy's large estate that included "Negroes." This would be McCraw's third marriage and Saunders's second.
Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the “Historical Shop”
This lot is located in Cincinnati.