Mar 31, 2016 - Sale 2408

Sale 2408 - Lot 72

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) BUSBY, H.S. "Feby. Aug. Hunting Negro Ben and Ketching, For Hunting Negro Ben." Piece of blue paper, approximately 7 x 8 1/2 inches, irregular edges; creases where folded. Received payment 2 January 1856

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Apparently "Negro Ben" ran off twice, once in February and again in August of 1855. What a great deal just the few words on this document tell us.