Notice of Estate Sale for Forty-Nine Enslaved Persons
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- Title:
- Notice of Estate Sale for Forty-Nine Enslaved Persons
- Description:
- A notice for an estate sale by Thomas M. Hume for a "Prime Gang of Forty-nine Negroes" documenting their name, age, and qualifications. The enslaved persons come from the estate of the late James Sinkler. Qualifications include "prime," "ploughman," "carpenter," "field hand," "sickly," and "three fingers off."
- Collection Title:
- James Simons Papers, 1832-1879
- Contributing Institution:
- South Carolina Historical Society
- Media Type:
- Manuscripts
- Topical Subject:
- Slave records, Slaveholders, Slavery--South Carolina, Carpenters, Sick, Estate sales, Enslaved women, Enslaved persons, Enslaved children
- Geographic Subject:
- South Carolina
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- 0227
- Date Digital:
- 2022-12
- Digitization Specifications:
- 600 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000XL. Archival masters are tiffs.
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Public Domain.
- Access Information:
- For more information and re-use requirements contact the South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston, SC, 29401.
- Admin ID:
- 292652
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