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Lot 198
[CIVIL WAR, SLAVERY] Confederate Impressment of Enslaved Labor
Estimate: $500 - $750
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| $0 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $300 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
Autograph letter signed by Joshua S. Hamilton. [Texas?], 19 June n.y. 1 page, 4to, on thin onionskin tissue paper.
What appears to be a Confederate document regarding the impressment of "negroes" into service: "Yours of the 8th Inst received. In reply I have to say that no ? how any authority to press more negroes or anything that + will be ? if they present in it."
[African Americana, African American History, Black History, Slavery, Enslavement, Abolition, Emancipation] [Manuscripts, Documents, Letters, Ephemera, Signatures, Autographs]
Condition
Losses to ink eating through the extremely think paper.
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