PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AFRICAN-AMERICANA
by Swann Auction Galleries
Platinum House 327 lots | 103 with images
2004
Lot 1: Partly Printed Document Accomplished in Manuscript,
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Description: in which a Negro woman seeks a writ of "Homine Replegiando" against a white defendant. One page, oblong folio; Signed by a local official; docketed on verso. Washington County, PA, 18 March 1799
View additional info »Lot 2: Administracion General de Alcavalas.
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Description: Partly Printed Document in Spanish, accomplished in manuscript, levying a tax on the sale of a slave. One page, oblong 8vo; signed by a local official. Lima, Peru, 17 May 1820
View additional info »Lot 3: "A GOOD SUIT OF SUMMER CLOTHES"
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Description: Manuscript Slave Document, outlining the terms for hiring Negroes belonging to Thomas Winn. One page, folio; Signed by those involved; nicely matted and framed. Np, 29 December 1830
View additional info »Lot 4: LEAVING A PORTION OF HIS ESTATE TO HIS SLAVE
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Description: Manuscript court copy of the last will and testament of Dennis Griffin, of Amitt County Mississippi. 3 pages, folio; some dampstaining along the right edges; docketed on verso. Mississippi, 1843
View additional info »Lot 5: RUNAWAY SLAVE
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Description: Two Manuscript receipts for services rendered in the return of a run-away slave named Cyrus, the first a payment for jail fees and advertising, the second for fees paid to the City Council and city marshall. Each one page, oblong small 8o; first docketed on verso. Columbus, GA, 21 November and 09 December 1848
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