Feb 21, 2008 - Sale 2137

Sale 2137 - Lot 39

Price Realized: $ 480
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
A MOSAMBIQUE IMPRINT REGARDING THE MURDER OF A SLAVE (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Ordinance . . . For the better Apprehending and bringing to Justice the Person or Persons concerned in the MURDER of JOEL of Mosambique, Slave of Widow Henry Alexander. Single folio leaf of the official British Colonial Council, printed on recto only with the royal lion and unicorn at the top; some signs of removal from a volume in the left margin, small numeral in ink at the top right corner. (Cape of Good Hope, September, 1825)