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![[SLAVERY] 1849 Slave Hunter's Bill](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/xl/2964/29642357.jpeg?t=1TJ2r4)
Lot 96
[SLAVERY] 1849 Slave Hunter's Bill
Estimate: $500 - $750
Sold for
$2,000
Sold Price excludes BP
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| $100 | $25 |
| $300 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
Manuscript document signed by mark by James Luke. Wilcox County, Alabama, 24 May 1849. 1 page, 4to. Witnessed by Justice of the Peace A.B. Scarborough. Docketed to verso.
A legal document where James Luke was seeking payment of $10 for "Negro Hunting" from the estate of Stephen Palmer.
Wilcox County, Alabama, had one of the highest slave populations in the antebellum south. James "Jim" Luke (1798-1880) himself enslaved several individuals, 9 in 1840 which swelled to 36 by 1860.
A rare manuscript document related to the practice of slave hunting.
[African Americana, African American History, Black History, Slavery, Enslavement, Abolition, Emancipation] [Manuscripts, Documents, Letters, Ephemera, Signatures, Autographs]
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