Sujet

Broadside announcing the sale of a man, Dick, and a girl, Lydia, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Broadside announcing the sale of an enslaved man named Dick and an enslaved girl named Lydia in Cross Plains, TN. The broadside is on yellowed paper with black text. The broadside reads [NEGROES FOR SALE. By virtue of a decree of the Honorable Circuit Court for Robertson County, made at its June Term, 1857, in the cause of E.F. MALLOY and others, to sell slaves, I will on Saturday, 25th day of July next, at CROSS PLAINS, Tennessee, sell to the highest bidder, on a credit till the first day of May, 1858, TWO NEGROES. Dick, aged about 50 years, and Lydia, about 14 years of age, the property of the late David Malloy, deceased. Cash for costs]. It is signed [John S. Hutchison, Comm'r.] and dated [June 18, 1857]. The back of the broadside is blank.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_393

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

146,7Mo (9,1Mo) / 53,7cm x 68,4cm / 6347 x 8078 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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