"Three valuable negroes" at auction

Title

Subject

Enslaved people

Description

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.

Creator

Bobo & Ligon

Source

The North Alabamian

Publisher

Newspapers.com

Date

1848-02-04

Contributor

Brian Murphy

Rights

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Format

PNG

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Identifier

ligon.png

Original Format

Newspaper

Files

Collection

Enslaved People

Citation

Bobo & Ligon, “"Three valuable negroes" at auction,” Shoals Black History, accessed April 28, 2024, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/935.