Freeman's | Hindman: American Historical Ephemera & Photography, including African Americana, 2070, Cincinnati

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 27, 2025 - February 27, 2025
Page Size: 281 items in 12 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
178

Circular soliciting donations for residents of the Wilberforce Colony in Canada.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,440.00
179

Letter from an American Colonization Society agent regarding a freeman named Cocoa.

1836 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 360.00
180 COX, James.

ALS describing cannibalism.

Harper, Cape Palmas 1859 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,200.00
181

Estate document manumitting enslaved persons after certain terms of service.

1792 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 960.00
182 DULANY, Benj. Tasker (1752-1818).

A freeman earns legal claim of his wife and children.

[VA] 1798 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 8,400.00
183

2 turn-of-the-century manuscript bills of sale for enslaved persons in Virginia.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 780.00
184

Manuscript manumission for enslaved woman "Catharine." Fairfax Co., VA, 19 Oct.

1803 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 3,900.00
185

Manuscript "Deed of Gift" transferring ownership of 3 enslaved males.

[VA] 1814 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 360.00
186

Indenture related to an important VA Circuit Superior Court freedom suit, 1819.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 6,000.00
187

2 letters to slave trader Joseph Meek regarding the current market.

Virginia, 1835 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 360.00
188

Letter mentioning the "overseer at Mrs.

Robert Lee's farm." Oakwood, [VA] 1843 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
189

Letter concerning the conveyance, insuring, and sale of slaves.

Richmond, [VA] 1848 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
190

Payment for the rental of enslaved persons discussed in 1856 ALS from Virginia farmer.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
191

2 bonds placing liens on enslaved persons as property.

Mecklenburg Co., [NC] 1820s. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
192

Quaker letter regarding slavery & kidnapping of free Black people.

Jamestown, NC 1827 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,560.00
193

The Liberator. 1837 copy attrib. to prominent Quakers active in the Underground Railroad

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 240.00
194

1839 letter ref. death of wealthy slave owner George Pollock and his holdings in NC.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
195

Lawyer's letter outlining case against men accused of assaulting enslaved persons.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 900.00
196

Letter regarding the separation of enslaved wives and husbands at auction.

1826 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,560.00
197

Last will and testament of Thomas Cramphin of Montgomery County, MD, involving slaves

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 360.00
198

Letter from a formerly enslaved man named George.

1827 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 10,200.00
199

A letter describing the practice of buying & selling enslaved persons.

1831 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 480.00
200

Manuscript will bequeathing enslaved persons to decedent's wife and children.

1832 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
201

Manuscript bill of sale for a "Negro Girl" named Jane.

Arkansas Territory 1834 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 600.00
202

Letter from Philadelphia regarding the return of a possible runaway slave.

1810 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,320.00
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