(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) Estate Sale 229 Rice Field Negroes A

Sale 2253 - Lot 284

Price Realized: $ 3,360

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Estate Sale! 229 Rice Field Negroes. An Uncommonly Prime and Orderly Gang. 4 [of 7] pages, 15 x 10 inches, on one sheet; unevenly trimmed, partly separated at center fold, mount remnants, early manuscript annotations. Charleston, SC, 20 January 1859

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An auction catalogue for the slaves of the Tranquility Plantation on the Santee River north of Charleston, but lacking the final leaves showing the related Harrietta Plantation. The slaves of the "Tranquility Gang" are apparently listed in family groups, with first names and ages shown for each. A few are listed with "Qualifications" such as "Gardener," "One hand," "Crippled feet," or "Sickly, tailor."