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1859 Slave Bill of Sale, Alexandria VA

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Item Details

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Nicely framed bill of sale for the purchase of a slave. The one-page document records an 1859 transaction in which a Lydia Middleton paid $600 to an Alexandria, Virginia dealer to purchase Henry, an enslaved African American man "for life.”

Professionally framed with an inscribed plaque. This piece can only be shipped using a third-party, not by Fleischer’s Auction’s in-house shipping program.

[African-American History, Slave, Slavery, Abolition, 13th Amendment, Abolitionist, Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, Frederick Douglass, Civil War, Union, Confederate, Document, Letter] [Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe] [Antique Photography, Daguerreotype, Ambrotype, Albumen, carte-de-visite, CDV, Tintype]

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1859 Slave Bill of Sale, Alexandria VA

Name: 1859 Slave Bill of Sale, Alexandria VA
SKU: 144720582
Price: 800 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $500 - $750

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