Lot 13A
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript bill of sale for an enslaved man named "Ando." Plymouth, MA, 29 September 1738.
Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022 11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$500 - $700

Sold for $1,375

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript bill of sale for an enslaved man named "Ando." Plymouth, MA, 29 September 1738.

1p, 7 3/4 x 6 in. (few holes, verso with ink bleed and adhesive residue). Signed and sealed by seller lower right, undersigned by witness and buyer. Docketed verso. 

Enslaver Nathaniel Thomas of Plymouth sells to enslaver Thomas Croade of Hallifax "My negro man named Ando aged about Twenty Seven years," for the sum of "one hundred & thirty pounds mony [sic]..."

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