Feb 28, 2006 - Sale 2068

Sale 2068 - Lot 45

Price Realized: $ 1,265
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
"THE WHOLE LAND IS FULL OF BLOOD" PENNINGTON, J. W. C. Autograph Letter Signed, discussing slavery and the fugitive slave case of Thomas Sims, written to an unnamed recipient. 3 pages, folded 8vo sheet; remnants of prior mounting on verso. Liverpool, 29 April 1851

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a famous former slave commenting on the fugitive slave law: