Mar 28, 2019 - Sale 2503

Sale 2503 - Lot 104

Price Realized: $ 531
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--CUBA.) Group of 9 manumission certificates and deeds of sale from 1873. Manuscripts, each about 12 x 8 inches; stitch holes, minor toning. Cuba, 1873

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Each one names the owner, the age of the enslaved person, and the price, often distinguishing whether they are African-born or native to Cuba. One man is described as "free of vices, illnesses and marks."