May 07, 2020 - Sale 2534

Sale 2534 - Lot 23

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) $100 Reward! Ran Away . . . a Small Mulatto Woman Named . . . Caroline Green or Glasgow. Letterpress broadside, 11 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches; worn with minimal text loss, moderate dampstaining, tape stains in upper corners; later owner's inscription on verso. Warrenton, VA, 18 August 1854

Additional Details

"Said woman is about twenty years old, a bright Mulatto about five feet high, and well set; she has a short nose turned up; a large mouth and bad teeth; long wavy hair." The owner, Richard Henry Foote (1798-1864), was a very wealthy planter, with almost $200,000 in assets in the 1860 census. None traced in OCLC or elsewhere.