Mar 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2697 -

Sale 2697 - Lot 368

Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(SLAVERY.) $100 Reward. Ranaway from My Camp in Manchester . . . a Negro Boy Named John. Letterpress broadside, 14 x 10¼ inches, signed in type by N. Cromwell; minor wear including two small holes in upper margin, docketed in ink on verso "1856 N Cromwell vz John", tipped to modern mat board along upper edge. Richmond, VA: Dispatch Steam Presses, 1 July 1856
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John is described as "about 21 years old, copper color, about five feet 8 inches high, was brought to Richmond by [an] agent for Charles Kloman, of Washington City. Said boy has been employed in some one of the Hotels in Washington City, and will, in all probability, make for that place."

Charles Kloman (1820-1878), John's earlier owner before Cromwell, was a well-known Washington tavern-keeper. Cromwell's agents in tracking down John were the Richmond slave-dealing firm of Davis & Lee of Richmond--not THAT Davis & Lee, though the names are evocative. No other examples traced in OCLC or elsewhere.

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