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1813 Kentucky Broadside Offering Slaves For Hire

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:750.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD
1813 Kentucky Broadside Offering Slaves For Hire
<Our item number 140931><B>1813 Kentucky Broadside Offering Slaves For Hire.</B> Broadside for the Rust Family Estate Sale, including &#34;A Number of Negroes … Men, Boys, Women and Girls,&#34; 6½ x 7½ in., 10 Dec. 1813. Printed during the War of 1812, likely in Kentucky, announces an auction sale &#34;… on the plantation now occupied by Capt. John Rust, on liberal credit, the whole of the personal estate belonging to the infants of said Rust - consisting of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Farming utensils, etc. etc…&#34; The second part reads: &#34;Also A Number Of Negroes Will be hired to the highest bidder &#40;unless previously hired by private contract&#41; by the year, consisting of Men, Boys, Women and Girls…&#34; Signed in print by Jasper Seybold, Trustee and Wm. P. Flemig, Guardian for the Heirs of Rust. This last name is probably a printing error for Fleming, as there was a William P. Fleming living in Fleming County, KY at that time. Apparently the father of the Rust children had died and his i nfant children inherited his estate, most of which was being sold by the Trustee, except for the slaves, who were being hired out to provide an income for the children. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;1,500 - 2,500. <BR><BR>Our item number 140931<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/140931.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>