Receipt

Receipt for the purchase of an enslaved individual by M. Harwell Auctioneer, Montgomery, Alabama, 5 April 1864, for $3000 in payment for an enslaved boy named Frederick, about 18 years. With an engraved vignette of an enslaved man collecting cotton in a basket, with a paddle-steamer in the background.

Object Details

ID: MGS/12
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection
Date made: 1864-04-05 - 1864-04-05
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 item
Parts: Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection (Manuscript)
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