Broadside for a New Orleans auction of 18 enslaved persons from Alabama
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Object Details
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Norbert Vignie
- Description
- A single-sheet broadside with bold serif font typeface advertising an auction for the sale of eighteen slaves. It consists of black printed text on off-white paper. The top of the broadside reads "SLAVES! / Long Credit Sale / of / Plantation Hands / from Alabama, without reserve.” The broadside lists the sale location as the St. Louis Hotel and the date the sale is to take place as March 25, 1858. It then lists the names, ages and skills of the individuals being sold. A disclaimer in the middle of the broadside reads “All of the above Slaves are from the State of Alabama, and sold under / a full guarantee, except the defects above stated. The bottom portion of the broadside lists additional enslaved people being sold at this auction. At the bottom of the broadside an additional disclaimer and terms of sale are listed.
- The enslaved persons to be auctioned are listed as follows:
- Absalom, 28, plantation hand
- Ned, 43, plantation hand
- Tom, about 46, plantation hand
- Bill, 23, plantation hand
- Frank, 25, plantation hand
- Alfred, 35, plantation hand
- Polly, 23, cook, washer and ironer
- George, 23, plantation hand and carriage driver; to be sold with his wife Martha, 30 and their four children, Ned, 7, Nancy 6, Horace, 4, and Mary, 1
- Dan, 23, cooper
- Lewis, 35, general labor
- Firman, 40, laborer
- Mary, 27, house servant
- Jim, 26, general labor
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1858
- Object number
- 2011.155.305
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- broadsides
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 18 11/16 × 8 11/16 in. (47.5 × 22 cm)
- Place used
- New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Agriculture
- Children
- Commerce
- Domestic life
- Domestic slave trade
- Families
- Finance
- Labor
- Men
- Skilled labor
- Slavery
- Women
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.155.305
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd507849698-8bff-420e-8606-47926ddde95e
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