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Slave Auction Broadside: "Land & Negroes for Sale!" Single oversized sheet, 12.25" x 12.3", Jackson, Tennessee, Oct. 26, 1853. Printed by the newspaper offices of the West Tennessee Whig. Auctioneer T. Clark advertises the sale of "157 Acres of land... Also five likely and valuable Negroes, to wit: Mira, 40 years old; Jack, 25; Burrel, 13; Kitty, 4; Joe, 10." With foxing and some evidence of ghosting resulting from storage against another printing. With folds and bits of paper loss along bottom, well away from any text.



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Auction Dates
October, 2010
14th-15th Thursday-Friday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 4
Lot Tracking Activity: N/A
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Sold on Oct 14, 2010 for: $2,629.00
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