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
203 CHESWELL, Wentworth (1746-1817).

Document signed by the nation's first Black elected official.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 600.00
204

Notice of capture for a "runaway slave" named Milton.

Rushville, [IL] 1835 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 4,800.00
205

Manuscript deed of emancipation for a man named Perry.

Jessamine Co., KY 1838 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,400.00
206

Manuscript manumission of an enslaved woman and child.

Fayette Co., KY 1846 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,700.00
207

Letter detailing plans to convey slaves to a southern plantation.

Frankfort, KY 1844 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,700.00
208

Letter directing conveyance of slaves via wagon driven by a "Black man." TN, 1841.

1841 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 480.00
209

Letter describing jailed slaves and purchase of a "yellow girl."

Mobile, AL 1841 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 720.00
210

Ship's manifest documenting the conveyance of two enslaved persons, January 1844.

1844 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,700.00
211

Florida letter describing a specific enslaved person who "does not breed." 1844.

1844 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 540.00
212

1846 letter from LA wife asking for separation of property incl. 7 enslaved people.

1846 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 360.00
213

Letter regarding the sale of 22 named enslaved persons, with legal implications.

1846 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,320.00
214

Universalist Church circular outlining a protest against slavery signed by James Weston

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 420.00
215

Detailed ALS from a free Black man to a friend in Mexico.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 11,400.00
216

Letter regarding the sale of slaves and joining the Sons of Temperance.

1849 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 360.00
217

Manuscript announcement of the public sale of a "negro girl." Liberty, MO, 9 Aug.

1847 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 540.00
218

Pair of letters lamenting the possible sale of a 35-year-old slave named Pompey.

1850 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 480.00
219

Pair of letters from N. Henry R. DAWSON to his uncle regarding slaves.

1850 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 480.00
220

2 letters regarding the effects of heat and sun exposure on enslaved persons.

1850 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 660.00
221

1851 inventory of property and enslaved peoples from the AL Estate of Wm. Anderson.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 480.00
222

1852 manuscript document detailing the hiring of a young enslaved person named Andrew

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
223

1853 will of Green Mitchell bequeathing 29 enslaved persons to family.

Decatur, GA. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 600.00
224

Manuscript will bequeathing 3 enslaved women to testator's daughter.

Alabama 1854 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 660.00
225

Letter listing sold slaves with prices, and buyers' names.

Lake Providence 1856 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,920.00
226

Pair of receipts for an identified enslaved mother & child.

Natchez, MS 1856-1857. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 600.00
227

Manuscript appraisal of an enslaved girl named Juda.

Union Co., AR 1856 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 360.00