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1819 Letter concerning slave dispute

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Item Details

Description

Heading: (African-American, 1819)
Author: Shelton, Armistead
Title: Letter regarding a dispute between enslaved people in Virginia, 1819.
Place Published: [Pittsylvania, Virginia]
Publisher:
Date Published: 1819
Description:

Manuscript letter. Text handwritten in English. 14x20.2 cm (5½x8").

Letter from Revolutionary War officer Armistead Shelton to local plantation owner Alan Womack concerning a dispute between enslaved people under their ownership. "Shadrack and my George fout last Wednesday Morning, for which I think they both ought to be corrected as we cannot tell where it may end. I wish therefore your opinion in the case, you will please send me a line by... your opinion and what to do. I do not wish to part a Man and his wife as long as they agree well together, but I wish union in my Family as well as good behaviour."

Condition

Faint creasing to paper, some ink smearing; very good.

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1819 Letter concerning slave dispute

Name: 1819 Letter concerning slave dispute
SKU: 126878535
Price: 750 USD
Availability: InStock

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