Jacob Peak sells a "Negro boy" named Henry and aged about eighteen months to Vilatta Hagler for $150
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- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hamden, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Very Good. Single sheet 17 x 18 cm. which was recently framed under glass (32 x 30 cm. as framed) Old and very visible tape mark on both sides of an old vertical fold on the document. An old dampstain covers most of the document but does not affect readability. Document dated Nov. 27, 1847. No location given in document. Handwritten note on the brown paper on the back of the framed item: "Owned by Anna Galbraith Smith's grandmother Vilatta Hagler, in Carthage, Tennessee. He was freed at 18 years of age per family history." If the dating of Henry's freedom is correct, that would have been about a year after General George Crook established a Union outpost in Carthage during the Civil War while trying to root out pockets of resistance in Eastern and Middle Tennessee and a couple years before Lee surrendered at Appomattox.
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- McBlain Books (US)
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- 91688
- Title
- Jacob Peak sells a "Negro boy" named Henry and aged about eighteen months to Vilatta Hagler for $150
- Author
- [Bill of Sale]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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McBlain Books
Biblio member since 2009
Hamden, Connecticut
About McBlain Books
Our second floor shop contains about 15,000 volumes and is open by appointment. Established 1970. We have been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America for over 45 years. While there is a heavy emphasis in our stock on African Americana, Africa, Asia and the Middle East we also buy and sell antiquarian books on other subjects.
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