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Auction: 321 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale and Stocks and Bonds of the Americas
Lot: 882

Slavery; New Orleans history. Auctioneer's Account of the estate sale of slaves, New Orleans, Feb. 19, 1850. 1 ½ pages, 8 x 12 1/3", lined paper. A detailed account of the sale of slaves (with the names of the high bidders) from the estate of the late Elizabeth Blanchard by J.B. Crozat & S. Guinault Auctioneers. J.B. Crozat writes that his firm has sold "Colin a negro boy 25 or 26 yrs old wood cutter and cartman good boy" for $1020; "the negro boy Jeffrey 19 or 20 yrs old" for $900; "the negro girl Eugenie with her child Clement" for $700; "Cloe a negro girl about 15 yrs old" for $560; "Melite, a negro girl about 8 yrs old" for $335; "Mathilde sister of Cloe, a negro girl about 13 yrs old" for $615; "Valerie a young negro boy about 12 or 13 yrs old" for $350; and "Azelie sister of Melite about 6 yrs old" for $300. Small seal mark pressed upper left. About Very Fine.

Sold for
$170