Lot 16
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Public Sale of a Valuable Negro Man...Calvin. Cooper County, MO: N.p., 17 January 1856.
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $3,402

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Public Sale of a Valuable Negro Man...Calvin. Cooper County, MO: N.p., 17 January 1856.

Visible 13 x 6 1/4 in. letterpress broadside (creasing, minor toning); matted and framed to 17 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. (not examined out of frame). Signed in type by administrator Wm. H. Field. 

An illustrated broadside advertising the public auction of a "very likely and valuable negro man named Calvin, aged about 25 years, for the purpose of partition, belonging to the estate of John W. Field, dec."
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
Condition Report
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