Auction Date:2011 Nov 17 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Manuscript DS, one page, 8 x 8.5, October 18, 1830. Slave sale document reads, in full (with grammar and spelling retained): “Know all men by these present that I James Whiteside of Austins Colony and town of Austin hath this day bargained sold and delivered and have sold and delivered unto Rody a free woman of culler of the Town of Austin and Colony aforesaid a Little Molatta Girl aged Seven years old going on eight Slave Rodys own child for the sum of Two hundred dollars to me the said James Whiteside in hand paid for which I do warrant and defend the right and title of the above named Emeline to Rody from me my heirs administrators or assigns or any other person or persons having any just clame or clames to the said Emeline from me my heirs or assigns for ever the recepter where off I do hereby acknowledge by here unto setting my hand and seal in the presents of the Subscribing witnesses.” Signed at the conclusion by Whiteside and bearing witness signatures of Thomas Barnett, Stephen Richardson, and James Small. In good condition, with partial separations along extremely fragile vertical folds, paper loss along bottom edge, uniform toning, with heavier areas of toning and damp staining. Whiteside, as well as Richardson and Barnett, were all members of the Original 300. Settlers who immigrated from southern states assumed they could continue the practice of slaveholding in another country. Mexico, weary of discouraging settlement to the sparsely-populated area, only restricted the practice at first. In 1829, Mexico abolished slavery but it granted an exception until 1830 to Texas. Anglo-American immigration to the province slowed at this point, with settlers angry about the changing rules with colonists converting their slaves to indentured servants, but with life terms. The Robert Davis Collection.
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