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Gang of 25 Sea Island
COTTON AND RICE NEGROES,
By Louis D. DeSaussure
On Thursday the 25th, Sept., 1852 at, 11 o’clock, A.M.,
will be sold at RYAN’S MART, in Chalmers Street, in the City of Charleston,
A prime gang of 25 Negroes, accustomed
to the culture of Sea Island Cotton and
Rice.
Conditions. - One-half Cash, balance by Bond, bearing interest from dale of sale, payable in one and two years, to be secured by a mortgage of the negroes and approved personal security. Purchasers to pay for papers.
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[Has two columns divided by a vertical line in the middle. List number, age and capacity of the slave.]
[Column one]
No. | Age | Capacity
1 Aleck | 33 | Carpenter
2 Mary Ann, |31 | Filed hand, prime.
3-3 Louisa, | 10
4 Abram, | 25 | Prime field hand
5 Judy, | 24 | Prime field hand
6 Carolina, | 5
7 Simon, | 1 1/2
5 - 8 Daphne, infant
9 Daniel, | 45 | Field hand, not prime.
10 Phyllis, | 32 | Field hand.
11 Will, | 9
12 Daniel, | 6
13 Margaret, | 4
14 Delia, | 2
7 - 15 Hannah, 2 months
[Second column]
16 Hannah, | 60 | Cook
17 Cudjoe, | 22 | Prime field hand
18 Nancy, | 20 | Prime field hand, sister of Cudjoe
19 Hannah, | 34 | Prime field hand
20 James, | 13 | Slight defect in knee
21 Richard, | 9
22 Thomas, | 6
5-23 John, | 3
1 - 24 Squash, | 40 | Prime field hand
1 - 25 Thomas, | 28 | Prime field hand
[Handwritten on this xeroxed copy is the number 43/0985]
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SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
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MISCELLANEOUS BROADSIDES
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Announcement of auction of twenty-five slaves,by Louis D. De Saussure, auctioneer, Charleston, S.C., 1852.
