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Broadside announcing the sale of a man, Dick, and a girl, Lydia

1857

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Washington, D.C., United States

Broadside announcing the sale of an enslaved man named Dick and an enslaved girl named Lydia in Cross Plains, TN. The broadside is on yellowed paper with black text. The broadside reads [NEGROES FOR SALE. By virtue of a decree of the Honorable Circuit Court for Robertson County, made at its June Term, 1857, in teh cause of E.F. MALLOY and others, to sell slaves, I will on Saturday, 25th day of July next, at CROSS PLAINS, Tennessee, sell to the highest bidder, on a credit till the first day of May, 1858, TWO NEGROES. Dick, aged about 50 years, and Lydia, about 14 years of age, the property of the late David Malloy, deceased. Cash for costs]. It is signed [John S. Hutchison, Comm'r.] and dated [June 18, 1857]. The back of the broadside is blank.

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  • Title: Broadside announcing the sale of a man, Dick, and a girl, Lydia
  • Date Created: 1857
  • Physical Dimensions: H x W: 13 1/4 × 10 1/8 in. (33.6 × 25.7 cm)
  • Subject Keywords: Slavery, American South, Finance, Men, Domestic slave trade, Children, History, Business
  • Medium: ink on paper
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

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