BMA: Black Media Archive

Episode 71: Slave Auction Broadsides


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These are two PDF files of broadsides/flyers/ads for separate slave auctions. The first by the J.F. Moses Company (1859) of Lumpkin, GA. The second a notice of a slave auction and conditions of purchase by Louis D. DeSaussure (1860) of Charleston, SC (includes a list of slaves' ages and abilities).
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