Lot 62

Lot 62

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Partly printed bill of sale for enslaved girl Maria, age 10. New Orleans, LA, 28 September 1853.

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[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Partly printed bill of sale for enslaved girl Maria, age 10. New Orleans, LA, 28 September 1853.

1 page, folio, 7 13/16 x 12 1/2 in., on blue paper, minor wear along old folds. Undersigned.

A partly printed bill of sale in which Elijah Settoon purchased a "negro girl, a Slave for life, named Maria aged about Ten years" from Archibald Lilly of New Orleans for $575 dollars.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents

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