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"Sale of Negroes"
This is an advertisement for the sale of "several very likely negroes" in front of Kennedy & Eliots store in Tuscumbia.
"Sale of Negroes" at Rail-road Hotel in Tuscumbia
This is an advertisement for the sale of "12 or 15 likely negroes, consisting of men, women, and boys," to take place in front of the Rail-road Hotel in Tuscumbia
"Sale of Negroes" by Martin and Cassity, Tuscumbia
This is a notice for the sale of a 21 year old woman and her three children.
"Sheriff's Sale of 50 or 60 Negroes" from the estate of James C. Kennerly
(1) This is a newspaper advertisement for the sale of "50 or 60 negroes" from the estate of James C. Kennerly in Tuscumbia.
"Three valuable negroes" at auction
This is a newspaper advertisement for the auction of three enslaved people: a boy, 18 or 19; a woman, 21 or 22--"a good house servant"; and a woman, 26. The auction took place at Van Husen's corner in Tuscumbia.
"To Hire" men, women, girls and boys
This is a newspaper notice written by S.R. Cockrill, announcing that he would like "to hire out a number of negroes, men, women, boys, and girls."
"Trust Sale of Negroes" belonging to James Kemper, deceased.
This is a newspaper advertisement for the sale of people that had belonged to James Kemper. The sale was to take place at Bradley and McFarland's Corner in Tuscumbia, in order to settle a debt that Kemper owed to George Cockburn. Included…
"Trust Sale of Negroes" by Thomas Hereford
This is a trust sale of property that belonged to Thomas S. Hereford that took place in 1841 in front of the C.T. Barton & Brother store in Tuscumbia. Among the people sold:
Davy, an old man
Fanny, an old woman;
George, a young man;
Ellen, a…
"Trust Sale" of 17 "Likely Negroes"
This is a newspaper advertisement for a sale from the estate of Thomas Gibbon, Lawrence County, AL. The sale included 17 people: Nelson, 40; Katy, 35; Salieca, 3: Clara, 2; Quilliam, 20; Sylva, 17; Rachel, 12; Charles, 10; Mose, 13; Sophia, 8; Billy,…
"Trustee's Sale of Seventy-Five Negroes, on a credit of one and two Years."
This is a newspaper article advertising a sale of 75 enslaved people that belonged to James Jackson of the Forks of Cypress. The enslaved had been entrusted to the daughters of James Jackson, Mrs. Martha Andrews, Mrs. Ellen Hunt, and Mrs. Sarah Polk.…
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