100 Dollars Reward

Sale 1998 - Lot 52

Unsold

Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000

100 Dollars Reward. Letterpress broadside offering a reward for the return of a runaway slave and giving a description of the slave, 81/4x10 inches; with a contemporary inked note on the bottom, "paid 3 50/100 (cosme?)." Maryland, 1825

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An exceptional broadside reward poster, seeking the return of a "negro man Charles, who calls himself Charles Butler," and giving a physical description of the slave and his wardrobe.