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Cultural archive image of “Broadside for a New Orleans auction of 18 enslaved persons from Alabama”. A single-sheet broadside with bold serif font typeface advertising an auction for the sale of eighteen slaves.

Broadside for a New Orleans auction of 18 enslaved persons from Alabama

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…

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