Mar 30, 2023 - Sale 2631

Sale 2631 - Lot 20

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Group of 3 receipts for slaves owned by the Brown family of Culpeper County, Virginia. Each about 5 x 8 inches; folds and minor wear, one short closed tear. [Culpeper County, VA], 1833-38

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Receipts for slaves distributed by Armistead Brown (1787-1858) as executor for his father, Captain Daniel Brown (1748-1833) of Culpeper, VA: "one negro boy, Anthony," "Two negro girls, Hannah & Eliza," and "One negro woman named Sally and her child." They were each bequeathed to a different Brown family sibling: Armistead's brothers Daniel and John Hill Brown, and his sister Frances Hill Slaughter.