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Lot 214
[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. Bill of sale referencing African American enslaved woman, Eunice. Russell County, Alabama, November 1849.
Sale 1310 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Feb 27, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$400 -
600
Price Realized
$349
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Lot Description
[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. Bill of sale referencing African American enslaved woman, Eunice. Russell County, Alabama, November 1849.
7 3/4 x 12 1/8 in., bifolium, creasing, few separations, some taped repair and tape remnants, foxing. Unfolded, mounted, matted and framed to 26 1/2 x 23 1/8 in. (not examined out of the frame). Undersigned and witnessed; docketed and recorded 12 April 1850 verso.
Enslaver Adam Thompson sells "a certain negro woman by the name of Eunice about seventeen years old" for 650 dollars to enslaver Wiley Williams "for the sole and separate use and benefit of Sarah A Blount, wife of William Blount, as her separate estate for an during her natural life..."
Accompanied by printed transcription.