Feb 27, 2003 - Sale 1961

Sale 1961 - Lot 42

Price Realized: $ 316
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(SLAVERY and ABOLITION.) Slaves in the Possession of the Government and the Expense of Maintaining Them [running title]. 49 pages. Folio, later wrappers. [London], (1824)

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Detailed study analyzing the costs incurred by the British government in maintaining slaves which had become the property of the Crown in the West Indies, with names of the slaves given, ages, clothing costs, etc. Much of the information included in the document is unavailable elsewhere.