Broadside for a New Orleans auction of 18 enslaved persons from Alabama
date: label: Date
content: 1858
name: label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Norbert Vignie
notes: label: Description
content: A single-sheet broadside with bold serif font typeface advertising an auction for the sale of eighteen slaves. It consists of black printed text on off-white paper. The top of the broadside reads "SLAVES! / Long Credit Sale / of / Plantation Hands / from Alabama, without reserve.” The broadside lists the sale location as the St. Louis Hotel and the date the sale is to take place as March 25, 1858. It then lists the names, ages and skills of the individuals being sold. A disclaimer in the middle of the broadside reads “All of the above Slaves are from the State of Alabama, and sold under / a full guarantee, except the defects above stated. The bottom portion of the broadside lists additional enslaved people being sold at this auction. At the bottom of the broadside an additional disclaimer and terms of sale are listed.
label: Description
content: The enslaved persons to be auctioned are listed as follows:
label: Description
content: Absalom, 28, plantation hand
label: Description
content: Ned, 43, plantation hand
label: Description
content: Tom, about 46, plantation hand
label: Description
content: Bill, 23, plantation hand
label: Description
content: Frank, 25, plantation hand
label: Description
content: Alfred, 35, plantation hand
label: Description
content: Polly, 23, cook, washer and ironer
label: Description
content: George, 23, plantation hand and carriage driver; to be sold with his wife Martha, 30 and their four children, Ned, 7, Nancy 6, Horace, 4, and Mary, 1
label: Description
content: Dan, 23, cooper
label: Description
content: Lewis, 35, general labor
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content: Firman, 40, laborer
label: Description
content: Mary, 27, house servant
label: Description
content: Jim, 26, general labor
place: label: Place used
content: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Domestic slave trade
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Skilled labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.155.305
objectType: label: Type
content: broadsides
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 18 11/16 × 8 11/16 in. (47.5 × 22 cm)