Sold2015EARLY AMERICAN SLAVE TRADEREARLY AMERICAN SLAVE TRADER JAMES PERKINS, JR. (1761-1822), Boston merchant. Like others in his prominent family, he dealt in slave trading, Americans furs, even selling food to the French, during theSee Sold Price
Sold20221750 Colonial Newport, RI. Ships Bill of LadingColonial America 1750-Dated Ship's Bill of Lading from Newport, Rhode Island Triangular Slave Shipping Trader Samuel Vernon October 2, 1750-Dated Colonial Newport, Rhode Island to Boston, Partially-PrSee Sold Price
Sold2023After Franz Xaver Bergmann, Slave TraderAfter Franz Xaver Bergmann Slave Trader early 20th centurycold-painted bronze, marble, brass 16.5 h x 7.5 w x 6.25 d in (42 x 19 x 16 cm) Impressed manufacturer's mark to reverse 'Austria'.See Sold Price
Sold201718th Century Hand-Forged Iron Slave Shackle SetBlack History Rare Type c. 1750 Colonial Hand-Forged Slave Shackle Set c. 1750 18th Century Colonial Era, Hand-Forged Set of Iron Slave Shackles, Very Fine. This original Hand-forged Set of Slave TradSee Sold Price
Sold2016Authentic 1849 Charleston SERVANT Slave Hire TagBlack History Choice 1849 Charleston (SC) SERVANT Slave Hire Tag 1849-Dated. Charleston (SC) “SERVANT” Slave Hire Identification Tag by W.M. Rouse. Copper. Original & Genuine. Choice Very Fine. ThSee Sold Price
Sold202218th Century Hand-Forged Iron Slave Shackle SetBlack History Colonial Period Hand-Forged Slave Shackle Set c. 1750 18th Century Colonial Era, Hand-Forged Set of Iron Slave Shackles, Very Fine. This original Hand-forged Set of Slave Trade Shackles,See Sold Price
Sold20231808 Published, Illustration Plan and Sections of a Slave Ship by engraver William Kneass, Phila.Black History Illustration Plan and Sections of a Slave Ship as Published by J. P. Parke, Copper-Plate Engraved by Kneass, Philadelphia 1808 Published, Historic Illustration Plan and Sections of a SlaSee Sold Price
Sold20221852 Genuine Charleston SC PORTER Slave Tag-BadgeBlack History 1852 Charleston, SC. "PORTER" Slave Hire Tag/Badge 1852-Dated Charleston, South Carolina. Rarer "PORTER" Slave Hire Tag/Badge. Made by William Rouse by City Contract. Very Fine. 1852-DatSee Sold Price
Sold2018Genuine 1813 Charleston, SC. PORTER Slave TagBlack History 1813 Charleston, SC. "PORTER" LAFAR Slave Hire Tag 1813-Dated, Genuine "PORTER" Slave Hire Identification Tag from Charleston (South Carolina), Tag Number "92", Hallmarked and made by J.See Sold Price
Sold201618th Century Hand-Forged Iron Slave Shackle SetBlack History Rare Type 18th Century Hand-Forged Slave Shackle Set 18th Century Colonial Era, Hand-Forged Set of Iron Slave Shackles, Very Fine. This original Hand-forged Set of Slave Trade Shackles,See Sold Price
Sold20221840 Letter Mentions Ship AMISTAD Slave Revolt !Black History c. 1840 Ship AMISTAD SLAVE REVOLT Historic Letter c. 1840, Autograph Letter Signed, by "Erasmus D. Drury," of Newburgh, NY, mentioning the Rebellion of Enslaved Africans aboard the ShipSee Sold Price
Sold20151731 Arrest Warrant Never Paid For His SlaveBlack History 1731 Arrest Warrant: Received His Slave & Failed to Pay March 23, 1731-Dated Early Colonial Era, Partially-Printed Document Signed, Boston, Massachusetts-Bay, Choice Very Fine. This 1731See Sold Price
Sold2023Iron Slave Leg Shackles of the Atlantic Middle Passage Type circa 1750-1800Black History 18th Century "Middle Passage" Iron Slave Leg Shackles c. 1750 to 1800 18th Century, Hand-Wrought Iron Slave Leg Shackles, Atlantic "Middle Passage" Type, Choice Very Fine. Rare originalSee Sold Price
Sold20221849 Rare Printed Richmond, VA Slave Bill of SaleBlack History 1849 Richmond, Virginia Slave Owner "E. H. Simmons" Printed Receipt for "One Negro Slave named John" Sale June 26, 1849-Dated, Rare Partially-Printed Slavery $375 Bill of Sale for "One NSee Sold Price
Sold20201746 Receipt for Sale of a Slave Boy Named PrinceBlack History 1746 Boston Slave a Boy Named "Prince" Sale Receipt March 7, 1746-Dated Early Colonial Massachusetts, Manuscript Slave Sale Document for a boy named "Prince," Suffolk County (Boston AreaSee Sold Price
Sold2018FREDERICK DOUGLASS Signed Prison Release OrderAutographs Rare Prisoner Release Document Signed by Frederick Douglass as United States Marshal at Washington, D.C. FREDERICK DOUGLASS (1818-1895). Former Slave, U.S. Marshal, American Abolitionist, WSee Sold Price
Sold2017c 1850 Set of Wrought Iron Slave Shackles + KeysBlack History Set of Wrought Iron Slave Shackles With a Ring of 4 Keys c. 1850 Set of Hand-Wrought Iron Slave Shackles together with a fused Iron Ring of 4 Early Keys, Both Fine. This Set of Iron SlavSee Sold Price
Sold2022Celebrating U.S. African Slave Trade AbolitionBlack History Racist Caricature about Free African Americans' Celebratory Response to the U.S. Abolition of the African Slave Trade c. 1833 Etching titled, "Life in Philadelphia. - Grand Celebration OSee Sold Price
Sold20211826 Slave Auctioneer CRYING (Auctioneering) FeeBlack History 1826 (Auctioneering) Payment Kentucky Slave Auctioneer's "Crying" Fee on a Negro Slave Very Rare Original Receipt February 17th 1826-Dated, Manuscript Document Signed, "Wm. Hughs," InvoiSee Sold Price
Sold20211863 Confederate Appraisal of a Dead Slave BoyBlack History 1863 Dated "Confederate" Appraisal of a Dead Slave Boy November 30, 1863-Dated Civil War Period, Manuscript Document, Confederate Appraisal of a Dead Slave Boy, Choice Very Fine. This MaSee Sold Price
Sold2020CSA Gen. Benjamin J. Hill Buys a Negro Slave Boy!Black History Confederate States Brigadier General Benjamin Jefferson Hill of Tennessee Buys a Negro Slave Boy Named "Henry"! December 15, 1858-Dated Pre Civil War, Manuscript Slave Bill of Sale DocumSee Sold Price
Sold2022Civil War era Dog CollarCivil War Civil War era Dog Collar made of Engraved Plates and Linked Chains a Type Sometimes Confused with Slave Tags c. 1850 to 1860 Civil War Era, Dog Collar made of Engraved Metal Plates and ChainSee Sold Price
Sold20231846 Black History, Charleston, South Carolina, Slave Auctioneer and Merchant Token Silvered RarityBlack History 1846 Charleston, SC. Slave Auctioneer & Merchant Token Remnants of Silver Plating, Unlisted in Rulau as "Silvered" 1846-Dated. "W. Wilbur Auction & Commission Merchant," Charleston, SoutSee Sold Price
Sold20201805 CHARLESTON COURIER Ad For Sale of SLAVE TAGSBlack History 1805 Charleston Newspaper Ad for Slave "City Badges" January 25, 1805-Dated, Newspaper "CHARLESTON COURIER," with Slavery Related Ads for Sale of "City Badges, for the year 1805", "GoldSee Sold Price
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