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[SLAVE APPRAISAL]

Currency:USD Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
[SLAVE APPRAISAL]
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>[SLAVE APPRAISAL] </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>“<i>Inventory and Appraisement of the Goods & Chattels</i>” for the estate of Jona. Reed. DS, 8pp, legal folio, Lincoln County, KY, Oct 13, 1821. Among the 205 entries of household furnishings, farm implements and livestock are 19 listing over 20 slaves by name, sex, age and value. In part, “...<i>1 Negro Man (James) say 50 yrs old - $400...Isaac & Jo - $1000...Mason 20 years old —$525...1 Negro Woman (Charity) 55 yrs old— $150...Child 6 months old— $100...Alice about 15 yrs old —$200...Jerh., unsound 13 yrs old— $150...Hannah about 23 yrs old - $400</i>...” The Negroes are valued at $6325 total. Leaves are bound with string at left edge. Some edge wear and chipping with little paper loss; general toning; o/w VG.</span></p>