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1730 Bill of Lading For A Slave Girl.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD
1730 Bill of Lading For A Slave Girl.
Partly-printed 5x9½&#34; shipping document listing &#34;<I>one Negro Girl on the Proper acct & Risque of Thomas Oxnard</I>&#34;as freight on the ship Merrimack, bound from Barbatos to Salem, Mass., 7 Aug. 1732. The freight charge is three pounds five shillings Boston currency. In the margin is the description: &#34;<I>a piece of lead markt T O & lynd wth aps of tape round her neck</I>.&#34; A manuscript &#34;<I>mortality excepted</I>&#34; note shows no liability should the slave girl die. Signed by Capt. Edmund Gale. On 11 Sept. 1732, the owner signed on verso, &#34;<I>Recvd the Negro wth.in mentiond & paid the Freight</I>.&#34; A chilling document. Very good; toning and small expert repairs.