Broadside for an auction of enslaved persons at the Charleston courthouse
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Unidentified Unidentified Man or Men Unidentified Woman or Women Unidentified Child or Children
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A broadside advertising a court-ordered slave of enslaved persons at the courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina, on January 10, 1859. The paper is printed in black ink with hand-written annotations along columns printed with the first names and ages of ninety-nine [99] enslaved men, women, and children. The names are numbered and grouped together into subsets. Large printed text at top reads, [UNDER DECREE IN EQUITY. / SANDERS vs. SANDERS, et al]. The handwritten notations make remarks like "healthy," "very fine," "sold privately," "dead," "shot in leg," "breeding," "leg broke," "lost a toe," "white," and "mostly white." The names listed are as follows:First column:London, 55; Nelly, 50; Dick, 15; Rosy, 4Cuffy, 35; Becker, 19Caroline, 29; Martha, 4; Bull or Frederick, 12; Infant, 9 monthsCharity, 30; Susan, 17; Floride, 2; Infant, 6 monthsNed, 60; Silvy, 35; Frank, 11;Easton, 3; Infant, 3 months; Billy, 68; Lucy, 50; Binah, 14; Phillis, 12; Jack, 11;Thomas, 26; Toney, 30;Becky, 30; Sammy 5; Fed, 3; Infant, 7 months;Isaac, 30;Moses, 25;Morris, 21;Billy, 45; Hagar, 50; Joe, 35; William, 20; Rose, 15;Martha, 70; Nancy, 45; Rachel, 22; Ben, 16; Lot, 10;Betty, 25; Plymouth, 2;London, 26; Grace, 22; Harriet, 2;Hester, 25; Amos, 21; Elsey, 5;Second column:Jacob, 55; Mary, 45; Emma, 21; Rose, 15; Aelie, 18; Simon, 13; Francis, 6; Mary, 3;Hardtimes, 70; Sary, 30; Anne, 18;Old Peter, 70; Old Nancy, 60;Old Hester, 68; Maggy, 40; Edward, 19; Susan, 17; Robert, 13; Martha, 7; Sarah, 2;Peter, 28; Venus, 25; Henry, 8; Hamilton, 4; Cornelia, 1;Lydy, 25; Hannah, 6 months;Hannah, 30;...
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Smithsonian InstitutionKeywords
- African American
- African Americans
- Business
- Colorism
- Commerce
- Domestic Slave Trade
- Families
- Family
- Finance
- Health
- Law
- Slaver
- Slavery