Letter to Samuel Fox from Giles Saunders regarding the slave trade
date: label: Date
content: February 28, 1849
name: label: Received by
content: Samuel M. Fox, American, 1806 - 1864
label: Written by
content: Giles Saunders, American, 1810 - 1895
notes: label: Description
content: This letter was written in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 28, 1849, by Giles Saunders to Samuel Fox in Richmond, Kentucky. Saunders describes a recent sale of mules and notes, "I understand negroes is much hyer than last year" in reference to the market prices for enslaved people. The blue paper is folded in half with the letter on the right side and the address on the right side. A postmark dated February 28 from Charleston, South Carolina, is stamped in red ink above the address.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place used
content: Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Correspondence
label: Topic
content: Domestic slave trade
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
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: 2014.174.3.2
objectType: label: Type
content: letters (correspondence)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
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: 9 3/4 × 15 5/8 in. (24.8 × 39.7 cm)