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[SLAVE SALE]

Currency:USD Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
[SLAVE SALE]
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>[SLAVE SALE] </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>Kentucky estate sale ledger account listing 14 slaves. Manuscript DS, 10pp, legal folio, Bourbon County, KY, Jun 17, 1843. “<i>Salebills of the Estate of N L Lindsay Decd.</i>” which took place in Nov 1840. In three columns are detailed the high bidder, item description and selling price for more than 500 entries. Among them are 14 entries of the sale of slaves. In part, “...<i>J D Lindsay 1 Negro Sam $925...W B Rogers 1 Girl Harriet $720...Joseph Bryan 1 Boy Moses $906...Joseph Lyter 1 Girl Celia & 2 children $780.</i>..” Other items include household furnishings, books, a gold watch, farm implements, livestock, grain, hay, and five shares in N.B.K. Stock. Signed court approval and order to record, Jul 3, 1843, at conclusion. Light general toning; o/w Fine.</span></p>