Day 2: Early & Historic Americana
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Lot 221
[SLAVERY] 1843 Virginia Slave Bill of Sale
Estimate: $250 - $500
Sold for
$350
Sold Price excludes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $300 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
Document signed by Spencer Jones. Wythe County, Virginia, 20 March 1843. 1 page, 8 x 7 7/8 in. Docketed to verso.
A Virginia indenture for the sale of a young enslaved teenager named Clayborn. The bill of sale was between Spencer James (1812 - 1869) and William Bourn, both of Wythe County, Virginia. James paid $450 to Bourn for "a certain Negro boy named Clayborn about fourteen years of age."
[African Americana, African American History, Black History, Slavery, Enslavement, Abolition, Emancipation] [Manuscripts, Documents, Letters, Ephemera, Signatures, Autographs]
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