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[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. How to Work Cotton. Manuscript document. N.p., ca 1830s-1840s.
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$300 - 400
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[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. How to Work Cotton. Manuscript document. N.p., ca 1830s-1840s.

2 pages, 4to, 7 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. creasing, panel toned, brown spotting, separation along crease with repair to verso. 

Titled "How to work cotton" the unknown author details at length the technique and method for growing cotton. Although enslaved individuals are not mentioned by name, it would be understood that this labor would have been performed by them.
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Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
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