[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. Marshal's Sale. Broadside promoting the public auction of two enslaved men. Louisville, KY, 30 September 1850.
Sale 1310 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Feb 27, 2024
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[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. Marshal's Sale. Broadside promoting the public auction of two enslaved men. Louisville, KY, 30 September 1850.
12 x 9 3/4 in. letterpress broadside (folds, toning, light smudges/soiling, some creasing to margins, wear to bottom edge). Undersigned in print by John A. Crittenden, MLCC, and Charles J. Meng, Deputy. Docketed verso: "Filed with Report / Sale Oct 11 1830."
Broadside announces the 30 September 1850 public auction of "Two Negro Men--the one named Clark, about 25 years old; the other named Grandison, about 40 years old." The auction is part of a legal proceeding between "Albert E. Jones and Wife," and "Massena Fontaine's Heirs, &c."
Broadside announces the 30 September 1850 public auction of "Two Negro Men--the one named Clark, about 25 years old; the other named Grandison, about 40 years old." The auction is part of a legal proceeding between "Albert E. Jones and Wife," and "Massena Fontaine's Heirs, &c."
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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