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Lot 2013 - united states civil war slavery related -  Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 71 - The Sescal Sale

Lot 2013 - united states civil war slavery related - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 71 - The Sescal Sale

1845 Alabama Division of Slaves Document. Estate document dividing the negro property between two recipients, Very Fine.
Estimate; $100 - 150.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 71 - The Sescal Sale

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Lot 2014 - united states civil war slavery related -  Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 71 - The Sescal Sale

Lot 2014 - united states civil war slavery related - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 71 - The Sescal Sale

1853 Mississippi Report of Sale of Negroes. Document reporting the sale thirty six slaves for the payment of estate debts at an aggregate sum of $31,661, Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 71 - The Sescal Sale

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Lot 2015 - united states civil war slavery related -  Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 71 - The Sescal Sale

Lot 2015 - united states civil war slavery related - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 71 - The Sescal Sale

1855 Madison, La. Slave Tax Notice. Printed form notice for the taxation of $30.39 for 8 slaves; some splitting along fold, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 71 - The Sescal Sale

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Lot 2016 - united states civil war slavery related -  Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 71 - The Sescal Sale

Lot 2016 - united states civil war slavery related - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 71 - The Sescal Sale

1864 Slave Bill of Sale. For the sale of a negro women and her three children as well as a 14 year boy (deformed at birth); slight aging, still Very Fine.
Estimate; $100 - 150.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 71 - The Sescal Sale

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Lot 2012 - united states civil war slavery related -  Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 71 - The Sescal Sale

Lot 2012 - united states civil war slavery related - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 71 - The Sescal Sale

1767 Newport, R.I. Slave Rental Document. For the negro Primus to work for 4 days on the sloop Venus at a cost of £10 (paid in full in sugar), Very Fine.
Estimate; $100 - 150.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 71 - The Sescal Sale

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Lot 1705 - united states civil war slavery related -  Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction

Lot 1705 - united states civil war slavery related - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction

1846 (Feb 12) Letter From Monrovia. Folded letter datelined from Governor J.J. Roberts to Ben Coates in Phil., Pa., red Baltimore, Md cds lightly struck with matching "Ship" and "12" handstamps, manuscript "Pr Brig Kent", letter is settling debts and advising latest developments in the slave trade including that "England cancelled a treaty with native chiefs of Grand Cape Mount which should stop traffic through Liberia…slavers have been unable to move their victims due to the blockade by English and American ships", excellent content concerning the fight against slave trading in Africa; light stain, Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction

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Lot 1706 - united states civil war slavery related -  Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction

Lot 1706 - united states civil war slavery related - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction

(Abolitionist Movement) Amos A. Lawrence and the New England Emigrant Aid Company. (treasurer and principle manager of the Emigrant Aid Association, which sent out parties of settlers from New England during the Kansas struggle) two items; signed 1839 folded letter from Boston to Allentown, N.J. with interesting content regarding the silk industry in the U.S., and an 1856 notice (with cover) of charter of the New England Emigrant Aid Company showing Lawrence as an incorporator and the treasurer, also includes a circular notice regarding the "crisis in Kanzas affairs", the cover addressed to Sherman, Conn. and franked with 1851, 1¢ blue, type II canceled by Boston cds, Very Fine.
Estimate; $100 - 150.

Amos Lawrence financed the founding of the University of Kansas, in the town of Lawrence named after him.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction

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Lot 1707 - united states civil war slavery related -  Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction

Lot 1707 - united states civil war slavery related - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction

New York Kansas League and American Settlement Co. Buff cover with printed corner card bearing 1852, 3¢ dull red tied by New York Jul. 16 cds, Chase notes on reverse; accompanied by 1855 non-original folded notice calling on a shareholder to pay the balance due for his stock so the American Settlement Co. can complete the purchase of lots in Council City Ks.Terr.; cover and letter faults, Fine.
Estimate; $100 - 150.

This organization operated in a manner similar to that of the New England Emigrant Aid Company. One of its primary objects was to settle Kansas Territory with New Englanders and thus force it to adopt a free state constitution under the terms of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The New York Kansas League was the only one of these similar organizations that is known to have used a corner card.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction

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Lot 1708 - united states civil war slavery related -  Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction

Lot 1708 - united states civil war slavery related - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction

Pro-Slavery Emigration: Buchanan Pro-Slavery Aid Society. Printed letter datelined "Saint Joseph, Mo. Jan 13, 1856", soliciting the organization and cooperation of similar societies in all Missouri counties bordering on Kansas Territory, to counter the efforts of the "misguided abolitionist aid societies" in settling Kansas Territory with free state intentions, addressed to Canton, Lewis County, Missouri and bearing 1852, 3¢ dull red, four margins, tied by "St. Joseph Mo. Jan 15" cds, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction

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Lot 1957 - united states civil war postal history slavery related -  Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 55

Lot 1957 - united states civil war postal history slavery related - Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 55

(Civil War Patriotic) "Contraband of War" Or, Volunteer Sappers and Miners From the "F.F.V.". Multicolored design on cover to Boston, Mass., franked with manuscript canceled 1861, 3¢ rose, matching "N Hadley (Mass.), March 28" postmark; cover slightly reduced at right, Very Fine.
Scott No. 65; Estimate $100 - 150.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 55

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