Lot 21
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Partially printed writ of detention related to the surrender of two enslaved girls named "Lucy" and "Nancy." Orange County, NC, 1822.
Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022 11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$500 - $700

Sold for $313

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Partially printed writ of detention related to the surrender of two enslaved girls named "Lucy" and "Nancy." Orange County, NC, 1822.
 
1p, 6 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (scattered ink marks, creases at folds, light toning). Docketed on verso. Imprint of “D. Heartt, Printer, Hillsborough.” 

Court Clerk John Taylor orders the sheriff to convey Frances Child to appear before the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to “...answer John McMurray of a plea that she render to him a negro Girl called Lucy of the value of five hundred dollars & a negro Girl by the name of Nancy of the value of five hundred dollars which she detains to his Damages of five hundred dollars.” Signed by Taylor. Docketing on the verso notes that the writ was executed by “Thomas D. Watts, Sheriff By W.H. Adams, D. Shff.” 

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