Feb 27, 2003 - Sale 1961

Sale 1961 - Lot 16

Price Realized: $ 288
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 350 - $ 500
MORTGAGE OF A TEXAS SLAVE (SLAVERY and ABOLITION.) Manuscript Slave Document, regarding the "mortgage" of a slave. 2 parts, each small folio on single sheets; both with signatures and seals; docketed on verso. Washington County, TX, 1848

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An agreement involving "a Negro man slave named Ben, about 35 years of age." The owner agrees to mortgage the slave to another man for $400 in gold. If the loan is repaid the agreement would be voided. The second document is an attestation by a third party as to the terms of the agreement.