Object Details
- Description
- A single-sided, single page broadside of black text printed on white paper advertising the sale of an enslaved boy named Ben. At the top, in large text: [SALE OF SLAVE. / By order of the Probate]. The document continues, [Court of Andrew County, the undersigned Administrator of the estate of Absalom Young, deceased, will expose to public sale to the highest and best bidder, a likely negro boy named Ben, belonging to said estate, before the Court House door in Savannah, Mo., on Tuesday, the 2nd day of August, 1853. TERMS OF SALE - One third cash in hand, and the ballance in twelve months time, on bond and security]. The "third" has been struck by hand and [fourth] written in. At the bottom is [W.J. Young, Administrator.] and the date [July 11, 1853].
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Issued by
- W. J. Young, American
- Subject of
- Absalom Young, American, died 1853
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- July 11, 1853
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- ink and paper
- Dimensions
- framed: 8 5/8 x 10 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (21.9 x 26.7 x 2.9 cm)
- H x W: 5 3/4 × 8 9/16 in. (14.6 × 21.7 cm)
- Type
- broadsides
