[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Charleston Courier. Vol. 2, No. 128. Charleston, SC: A.S. Willington, 31 May 1804.
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$300 -
$400
Sold for $693
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Charleston Courier. Vol. 2, No. 128. Charleston, SC: A.S. Willington, 31 May 1804.
4pp., folio, 12 x 19 1/4 in. Disbound (toning. some separation at central crease).
Includes five separate advertisements related to enslavement, including three advertising the auction of enslaved individuals from newly arrived ships from Africa: "100 Prime Africans, From the River Gambia", "148 Prime Slaves, From the windward coast of Africa", and "The Sale, Of 367 Prime Congo Negroes, On board the Ship Esther, at Crafts's North Wharf."
Also included on the back page is an advertisement for the sale of "120 Suits Negro Clothes" which had been "made for a cargo of Negroes that did not require them. Additionally, there is a notice for a self-emancipated enslaved man named Simon with a reward of ten dollars.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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