Feb 27, 2003 - Sale 1961

Sale 1961 - Lot 11

Price Realized: $ 230
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(SLAVERY and ABOLITION.) Manuscript Legal Grand Jury Inquest Report, issued by the coroner of Lincoln County, Kentucky, relating to the murder of a young female slave. One page, folio; usual folds, minor wear at edges, with a clean tear along one fold which can be repaired; Signed by all members of the grand jury. Kentucky, 30 September 1811

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The report notes how and where the girl was killed by "persons unknown."