(SLAVERY) Valuable Slaves at Auction Field Hands Laborers an

Sale 2697 - Lot 364

Price Realized: $ 4,000

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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

(SLAVERY.) Valuable Slaves at Auction: Field Hands, Laborers, and House Servants. Letterpress handbill, 10¾ x 6½ inches; laid down on modern board, worn, musty, moderate water damage, some text added in modern hand. New Orleans, LA: J.A. Beard & May, 10 January [1857]

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26 enslaved people are named with their ages and short descriptions. The last is "Jack, a mulatto, about 32 years, a plantation hand and good cotton picker; guaranteed in title and health; sold as a thief and runaway." None traced in OCLC or at auction. The same text was also published in the New Orleans Times-Picayune of 9 January 1857.